[0:33] >> Carey ready, Jason, you
[0:39] good. Good evening, everyone.
[0:41] I would like to read called a
[0:44] special meeting to order on
[0:47] JULY 8th 2025. And before we
[0:50] begin the roll call, I would
[0:53] like to note for record that
[0:54] commissioner has school is
[0:57] appearing by zoom today under
[0:59] exceptional circumstances.
[1:00] This meeting was called an
[1:00] emergency basis in response to
[1:04] the letter received from the
[1:05] Attorney general on JULY
[1:08] second, 2025. And therefore
[1:09] her remote attendance is
[1:11] permitted. Do I have it? Any
[1:16] objections? Hearing? No
[1:17] objections. Her remote
[1:19] participation is here by
[1:21] approved and she will be
[1:22] considered fully present for
[1:23] the purposes of this meeting.
[1:25] Kerry, can you call the roll?
[1:26] Please? Commissioner Carey
[1:27] here, commissioner Castillo
[1:31] present Commissioner Haskell.
[1:32] Commissioner Hoover here.
[1:35] Commissioner Kaufman.
[1:35] Commissioner Lee here. Mayor
[1:37] Henry gets here. Please stand
[1:42] for the Pledge of Allegiance.
[1:44] I pledge to the flat United
[1:47] States of America and to the
[1:49] Republic for which it stands.
[1:52] One nation. Got indivisible
[1:53] with liberty and justice for
[2:06] all. Approval of agenda.
[2:07] >> Are there any changes to
[2:13] the agenda? Do I have a
[2:14] motion? So moved motion by
[2:16] Commissioner Carey to have a
[2:17] second second second by
[2:18] Commissioner Lee all in favor
[2:20] say Aye. All right. Any motion
[2:24] carries. Resolutions item
[2:25] number one authorizing and
[2:26] directing the city manager to
[2:29] enter into the 28 hour.
[2:31] >> 2.87 g voluntary memorandum
[2:32] of agreement with United
[2:33] States Immigration and Customs
[2:37] Enforcement.
[2:39] >> Okay. So I am sponsoring
[2:40] this resolution to direct our
[2:44] city manager enter into the
[2:46] 2.87 g voluntary memorandum of
[2:47] agreement with United States
[2:49] Immigration and Customs
[2:52] Enforcement. The 2.87 g
[2:54] Program has 3 models. The jail
[2:56] enforcement model, the task
[2:57] force model and the warrant
[3:01] service officer model. And as
[3:03] our police chief indicated at
[3:04] our last meeting, the option
[3:05] that had been signed was the
[3:09] task force model which focuses
[3:11] on immigration enforcement
[3:14] during routine policy duties.
[3:15] My vote at that time was not
[3:20] intended as a rejection of
[3:21] cooperation with United States
[3:23] immigration and collect
[3:23] Customs enforcement, nor was
[3:26] in an attempt to violate
[3:26] Florida law. Rather. My
[3:28] decision was based on guidance
[3:31] from our interim city attorney
[3:31] who determined that the
[3:33] existing agreement was not
[3:34] valid because it had been
[3:37] signed by the chief of police
[3:39] rather and the city manager
[3:41] has required under our city
[3:43] charter. I supported the vote
[3:45] to terminate the existing
[3:46] agreement so that a new valid
[3:49] to 87 agreement could be
[3:50] properly considered. And if
[3:51] approved, probably executed by
[3:53] the city manager in accordance
[3:56] to our charter requirements.
[3:57] While there are different
[3:58] views about the substance of
[4:01] the agreement itself, position
[4:02] remains focused on ensuring
[4:06] that the city of Key West
[4:07] complies with both state law
[4:09] in our own governance
[4:09] standards. So with that, too,
[4:13] we have public comments we do
[4:15] prior to Commissioner Kaufman
[4:17] has sent a statement that he'd
[4:17] like me to read. He's unable
[4:20] to based on his location.
[4:24] >> So I will his statement.
[4:25] First. Would like to say that
[4:26] I'm extremely disappointed
[4:28] that can't be there tonight.
[4:28] I'm out of the country on a
[4:30] long planned family trip. But
[4:32] this meeting, one of the most
[4:32] important we faced was
[4:33] scheduled without checking of
[4:35] all commissioners could
[4:35] attend. That's not just
[4:37] disrespectful. It's
[4:39] unacceptable. 2 of us are gone
[4:42] and the still moved forward.
[4:43] Why? How is the state chosen
[4:45] where there any discussion
[4:45] where there was there any
[4:47] discussion any transparency or
[4:50] is it another behind the
[4:50] closed door move like our
[4:52] former city manager was
[4:54] ousted? Nevertheless, let me
[4:55] be clear. I support our
[4:57] police. I fully support our
[4:59] chief and I absolutely stand
[5:00] with our immigrant community,
[5:01] our neighbors, our workforce,
[5:03] our friends. I think everyone
[5:03] showing up tonight in defense
[5:05] of human dignity and public
[5:06] safety. Unfortunately, we
[5:08] landed in this legal mess
[5:11] because we didn't get proper
[5:12] guidance before the JUNE 30th
[5:12] vote. We should have had
[5:13] expert legal counsel from the
[5:18] start. Why didn't Now instead
[5:19] of slowing down and
[5:20] considering all our options,
[5:21] including joining South South
[5:23] Miami's legal challenge, the
[5:26] mayor rushed to reverse course
[5:27] the city's expert legal
[5:28] counsel has confirmed we are
[5:30] in a strong position by doing
[5:30] nothing. We haven't entered or
[5:33] rescinded in agreement.
[5:33] There's no legal liabilities.
[5:37] So why panic? The mayor
[5:37] scheduled this meeting prior
[5:38] to discussion the legal
[5:40] options with the attorneys.
[5:42] Why not wait for the courts to
[5:43] decide whether the 2.87 g
[5:45] Agreement is mandatory or
[5:47] voluntary. Florida law does
[5:48] not require cities to sign
[5:51] 2.87 g it only applies to
[5:53] sheriffs. Our police chief
[5:53] signed that agreement without
[5:54] public input or commission
[5:56] approval. That's a problem.
[5:57] And we were right to recognize
[6:01] it is void. If the mayor's
[6:02] resolution is approved, which
[6:04] I do not support to enter into
[6:05] the 2.87 agreement, that at
[6:05] least let's fight in court
[6:07] alongside South Miami. But
[6:09] make no mistake that entering
[6:11] into the 2.87 g Agreement is
[6:12] the worst option for our
[6:14] community. He depends on
[6:16] tourism. We depend on trust.
[6:17] Turning our police into ice.
[6:19] Agents erodes both. This isn't
[6:20] about politics. It's about
[6:22] public safety and economic
[6:23] survival. There are no
[6:24] sanctuary cities in Florida.
[6:27] We comply with the law. But we
[6:28] don't need to go further than
[6:30] the law requires, especially
[6:30] not when doing so makes us
[6:33] less safe and more vulnerable
[6:35] to lawsuits. We took a stand
[6:36] for our values on JUNE. 30th
[6:38] South Miami stands with us and
[6:38] we should stand with our
[6:39] Haitian neighbors now tp tps
[6:43] is at risk and this is a
[6:44] moment for more clarity.
[6:45] Please do not let fear win. Do
[6:48] not rush. We do not abandon
[6:49] the people we swore to
[6:50] protect. I respectfully urge
[6:50] my fellow commissioners to
[6:53] postpone this vote until the
[6:54] courts have determined whether
[6:55] the city is legally obligated
[6:57] to enter this agreement.
[6:58] Additionally, such an
[6:58] important decision should be
[7:00] made when the full commission
[7:02] is present approving the
[7:03] mayor's resolution at this
[7:03] time is premature and
[7:04] unnecessary and could place
[7:06] both the city and our
[7:09] residents in a disadvantage
[7:10] position. I think Kerry before
[7:12] before you get started.
[7:15] >> I like clarify 2 things
[7:16] before you get started.
[7:20] >> Number one, for the record,
[7:21] I did not know that there was
[7:22] 2 commissioners that we're out
[7:23] of time when this meeting was
[7:24] called. I learned I learned
[7:27] this the win Facebook. There
[7:30] was a Facebook post that there
[7:32] was a story to write because
[7:34] of 2 commissioners being out
[7:35] of town on Saturday. I called
[7:39] you to say, are there to
[7:39] commissioners that not going
[7:41] to be present at this meeting.
[7:42] And you told me at that time
[7:45] that is correct that they're
[7:47] going so join by Zoom. And I
[7:48] asked you, who are those 2
[7:49] commissioners and then you,
[7:50] Tony, so want to correct that
[7:51] record. And then the other one
[7:53] is how did you send that
[7:53] statement? Was that by the
[7:55] Internet? It was an e-mail,
[7:59] ok? Thank you. All right. Can
[8:00] you call for public comment,
[8:01] please? Yes. So prior to
[8:03] public public comment, I do
[8:04] want to read one other section
[8:06] of done this in the past from
[8:07] our resolutions. This is
[8:08] pursuant to resolution 25
[8:09] dash, 1, 4, 3,
[8:13] >> Section 4 b members of the
[8:14] public address in the City
[8:16] Commission shall observe order
[8:17] and decorum, including the
[8:18] combining confining of remarks
[8:21] to the item at hand. All
[8:21] speakers must address their
[8:23] comments to the presiding
[8:23] officer rather than individual
[8:27] commission members or staff a
[8:27] person engaged in disorderly
[8:28] conduct in the commission
[8:29] chambers pursuant to Section 2
[8:31] dash, one of the code of
[8:33] ordinances maybe removed upon
[8:34] a complaint of the presiding
[8:36] officer to the police. I'm
[8:38] going to call 3 people at a
[8:39] time. Everyone will have 3
[8:40] minutes. I'm doing 3 in case
[8:44] some of the people are out. If
[8:45] somebody could go get them, if
[8:46] call them and they're not in
[8:47] chambers, that would be great.
[8:50] So we're going to start with.
[8:54] Lucy Hawk, Chris McNulty and
[8:55] give that So if you're the
[8:57] subsequent speakers, please be
[9:00] ready. And we are going to let
[9:01] the clock the buzzer has.
[9:02] Sometimes you don't hear it.
[9:03] So we are going to have to
[9:03] keep everything to 3 minutes.
[9:04] We have many people signed up.
[9:11] Ok, thank you. I think the
[9:11] mike needs to get turned Sorry
[9:17] perfect.
[9:18] >> Good evening, mayor and
[9:19] commissioners. My name is Lucy
[9:21] Hawking. I'm speaking on
[9:22] behalf of 133 members of the
[9:24] community who could not be
[9:26] here tonight. You see all
[9:27] these forms. These are the
[9:29] people who speaking majority
[9:30] of the people who filled out
[9:30] these forms live in the
[9:33] Bahamas Village community
[9:34] members of that community
[9:35] spent hours over the weekend
[9:38] canvassing the neighborhood to
[9:39] spread awareness about what's
[9:41] going on and to get their
[9:42] input. We asked 3 simple yes
[9:45] or no questions based on
[9:46] tonight's agenda. There's a
[9:46] lot of those people are not
[9:48] able to be here. The questions
[9:52] that we asked where item one
[9:53] should cue spd enter into a
[9:57] 2.87 g agreement. Item 2.
[9:59] Should the city see clarity
[10:00] from a court through a lawsuit
[10:00] against Governor DeSantis or
[10:02] join the city of South Miami
[10:03] said to determine the legality
[10:05] of the requirement to enter
[10:08] into 2.87 g item 3. So the
[10:12] city expressed support 4
[10:13] extend extending tps for
[10:16] Haitian community. Of the 133
[10:19] papers that I'm holding 130
[10:21] people think we should uphold
[10:24] the decision that was made
[10:26] last Monday. 127 people also
[10:28] think we should seek clarity
[10:30] through lawsuit and 130 people
[10:31] also support our Haitian
[10:34] community members. These
[10:37] numbers are not just numbers.
[10:38] These are people that live on
[10:40] this island who are not here
[10:41] to speak for a variety of
[10:45] reasons, work fear, inability
[10:47] to be public. That kind of
[10:49] thing. But most of these
[10:50] people are from the Bahamas,
[10:51] alleged community and live in
[10:53] Commissioner Castillo's
[10:55] district based on those
[10:56] opinions. We strongly urge you
[10:56] to uphold the decision that
[10:59] you made last Monday. These
[11:00] people are very proud of what
[11:01] you did last week. We hope you
[11:11] can honor that. Thank you. So
[11:12] if Chris Bentley and then Lisa
[11:16] Chronis.
[11:17] >> How America's City
[11:18] Commissioners, my name is
[11:19] Chris McNulty. I'm a resident
[11:21] of district one. I'm also the
[11:21] executive director of the
[11:24] Queer Keys Community Center.
[11:26] I'm also gay. Also queer. I'm
[11:28] also non binary and also
[11:31] Gemini. And I do understand
[11:32] that my big beautiful earrings
[11:32] might be very loud. Some will
[11:36] try to speak over them. And I
[11:38] just want to express my
[11:39] frustration as well for the
[11:41] emergency nature of this
[11:42] meeting. I do not feel that
[11:44] there is an emergency on this
[11:46] island. The only emergency
[11:47] that I'm aware of is the
[11:49] paranoid delusion of our
[11:49] PRESIDENT Who thinks there's
[11:50] something happening in this
[11:55] country. I also understand
[11:56] that based on the state
[11:57] attorney general's letter that
[12:01] you are all worried about your
[12:01] jobs and your positions here
[12:05] and I understand being worried
[12:08] about that. I but however, I
[12:09] also think that that is a moot
[12:10] point because if we do sign
[12:13] and that's to 87 g Agreement,
[12:16] I do think you your jobs are
[12:22] up for for release. Anyway.
[12:24] And I also would like to
[12:25] express on behalf of my friend
[12:27] who I mentioned last time I
[12:28] was here. She is an immigrant.
[12:31] She is here on a work permit
[12:32] and I would like to speak on
[12:33] her behalf because he's afraid
[12:38] to be here. So she says. As an
[12:39] immigrant to this country, I
[12:41] was drawn here by the promise
[12:42] of happiness, peace and
[12:42] justice that I lacked in my
[12:46] homeland. Unfortunately, after
[12:48] a decade of living here, I
[12:49] have witnessed a disturbing
[12:51] trend of racism in America get
[12:52] i remain hopeful that we can
[12:55] rise above this challenge. We
[12:56] are all immigrants to this
[12:57] country with our ancestors
[13:00] hailing from Foreign shores by
[13:01] acknowledging our shared
[13:01] heritage, we can tap into a
[13:03] deeper sense of empathy and
[13:04] understanding. I'm deeply
[13:05] concerned about my friends
[13:06] were currently incarcerated
[13:08] without just cause simply
[13:10] because of their immigration
[13:12] status. It is crucial to
[13:13] recognize that they are
[13:15] hard-working, kind and decent
[13:15] individuals who contribute
[13:18] positively to society. Well, I
[13:20] I agree that criminals and
[13:20] individuals who pose a threat
[13:22] to society should be held
[13:24] accountable. I firmly believe
[13:25] that the current system is
[13:25] unfair and disproportionately
[13:28] targets innocent people who
[13:30] among us has not inadvertently
[13:31] committed a minor infractions
[13:33] such as running a red light. I
[13:34] urge you to reflect on your
[13:36] own actions and be honest with
[13:37] yourselves. By doing so we can
[13:38] cultivate a more compassionate
[13:40] and inclusive society
[13:41] together, we can create a
[13:41] brighter future where everyone
[13:44] has the opportunity to thrive.
[13:46] If we unite and advocate for
[13:47] justice, we can bring about
[13:47] transformative change and
[13:49] there is strength in unity and
[13:50] together we can overcome even
[13:54] the most daunting challenges.
[13:54] And also like to say that I
[13:56] also support our police force
[13:58] and I am wondering how they
[14:01] feel about using our taxpayer
[14:04] dollars on their regular pay
[14:05] to support ice was getting
[14:05] bonuses through our tax
[14:08] dollars from that big focus
[14:12] with that, I will just I urge
[14:13] you to deliver us from evil.
[14:21] Thank you so much. Have to vet
[14:24] Lisa and then Madeline bomb.
[14:27] Good afternoon, MADAM Mayor
[14:27] and commissioners.
[14:28] >> My name is the baddest one,
[14:29] although Lee and I'm a 61
[14:33] year-old native of Key West.
[14:33] I'm a 4th generation Kong
[14:34] whose ancestors migrated from
[14:38] Spain, Cuba and the Bahamas. I
[14:38] attended the city commission
[14:39] special meeting 2 weeks ago in
[14:41] left feeling hopeful and so
[14:44] proud to have such courageous
[14:45] open minded individuals to
[14:46] represent this city that I
[14:48] love and call home. I'm
[14:49] fortunate enough to have
[14:50] worked with children from all
[14:52] over the world, including many
[14:56] Latin countries, Haiti, China,
[14:56] Russia, the Czech Republic.
[14:59] And is that the stand to name
[15:00] a few? I have had the
[15:01] opportunity to retool and with
[15:02] them about many things,
[15:04] including the civil rights
[15:06] movement and activists heroes
[15:07] like Martin Luther King
[15:09] Junior, Rosa Parks, Ruby
[15:11] Bridges, protest, boycott
[15:12] Siddons and how those who
[15:13] participated were simply
[15:16] asking for equal equitable
[15:16] treatment and the right to
[15:20] live a good life. Many
[15:20] students said I would have
[15:21] fought them or I would have
[15:22] said this or that.
[15:23] >> But one student looked at
[15:24] me and asked what would you
[15:28] have done? I thought for a
[15:30] moment and said I honestly
[15:31] don't know because I was not
[15:32] there, but I hope that I would
[15:32] have been brave enough to do
[15:35] the right thing. I'll never
[15:38] forget that. I never thought
[15:38] i'd have the opportunity to
[15:39] find out what I would have
[15:42] done. But here we are and I
[15:43] owe it all to to all of my
[15:44] children to stand up and speak
[15:45] out on their behalf because
[15:47] they can't do it for
[15:49] themselves to have to do the
[15:51] right thing. And yes, I said
[15:52] my children because they are
[15:56] they're all our children. I've
[15:56] had students whose parents
[15:58] were deported during the last
[15:58] Trump administration. And
[16:00] though this was traumatic for
[16:01] them, they had one parent who
[16:04] was allowed to stay behind the
[16:05] saving grace, then was that
[16:06] these family members were sent
[16:09] back to their country of
[16:11] origin and as problematic and
[16:12] dangerous as that MAY have
[16:14] been, at least it was familiar
[16:15] territory. Now people who have
[16:16] committed no crime safer,
[16:19] wanting and hoping to ensure
[16:20] safety an opportunity for
[16:21] themselves and their loved
[16:25] ones are being terrorized,
[16:26] kidnapped, shackled and
[16:27] shipped off to concentration
[16:27] camps and who loves with no
[16:29] hope of release. These people
[16:31] are not criminals. They're
[16:33] hardworking members of our
[16:34] community. Their parents,
[16:35] sons, daughters, Brothers,
[16:37] sisters, friends and
[16:39] neighbors. We cannot stand for
[16:41] this. We cannot ask our law
[16:43] enforcement officers to comply
[16:44] if the risk of becoming
[16:46] dehumanized and radicalized as
[16:48] weapons inflicting harm on our
[16:50] most vulnerable population. So
[16:52] I ask you to leave with your
[16:56] heart. The brave. Continue to
[16:58] stand with our community, our
[16:58] beloved community be on the
[17:02] right side street. Empathy is
[17:03] all that prevents us from
[17:06] becoming immune to suffering.
[17:07] Once we sacrifice our humanity
[17:10] cannot get it back together.
[17:13] We are one human family. We
[17:14] are all the same. Same for the
[17:16] circumstances and luck of our
[17:16] birth. Thank you for
[17:27] listening.
[17:27] >> Lisa Matalin and then Sarah
[17:28] did not.
[17:32] >> Good evening. Name is Lisa
[17:35] Curtis. I moved here in 1989
[17:35] at work. Is a paralegal. And
[17:38] so 2000. Then it became a
[17:39] registered nurse and took care
[17:40] of this community. Everybody
[17:42] and this community got the
[17:44] same care for me. What I'm
[17:48] watching is horrific. It's
[17:49] it's a terrific and we have
[17:52] the power because when I
[17:53] looked at the 2.87, g is a
[17:56] voluntary. It's voluntary
[17:59] cracked. So if it's voluntary
[18:01] and work us were one human
[18:04] family. Why are we voluntarily
[18:06] assisting? Why don't we join
[18:07] with MR. Huffman had said if I
[18:11] heard him correctly. Wait for
[18:15] the lawsuits filed lawsuit.
[18:16] This is a small community. I
[18:18] am begging you. These are
[18:18] people we know that we've
[18:21] worked with for 20 years. Some
[18:24] of them they're hard workers.
[18:25] It's not okay. I'm not put the
[18:26] police officers are awesome
[18:30] too. They're awesome. We love
[18:31] our police officers put their
[18:33] community police officers to
[18:34] help us. That means every one
[18:37] of us. We can't cherry pick.
[18:39] This reminds me of 1930's. I'm
[18:40] not exaggerating. Thank. They
[18:44] didn't start for the end, but
[18:45] we have the ability to make a
[18:45] little bit change right here
[18:48] in the city of Key West. We
[18:50] can show the world that we
[18:51] care. We're going to protect
[18:52] every human being no matter
[18:56] what. The criminals are in
[19:00] prison, they can send them.
[19:00] Why are they going after
[19:01] people that are taking care of
[19:03] patients? That are working in
[19:06] a nursing home? Make that make
[19:10] sense to me. But before it
[19:10] doesn't make sense to me,
[19:11] please do not sign up to
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[19:22] get here to let you guys now.
[19:27] This hurts me. Hurts my heart.
[19:30] That there were watching human
[19:30] being shown. These are people.
[19:31] There's a 21 year-old that I
[19:32] as I understand gentleman from
[19:33] down here that is now.
[19:34] >> Up in the Everglades.
[19:36] >> And in it.
[19:38] >> Hence in a swamp with this
[19:40] key knows that have illnesses
[19:44] and water on the floor. We
[19:45] have to actually, I think put
[19:46] a barrier around the
[19:49] immigrants and protect them.
[19:49] For all immigrants to at the
[19:53] end of the day, I'm not an
[19:54] American Indian. I'm not going
[19:56] to tell my family came here
[19:56] from Italy to escape whatever
[19:59] they were trying to escape.
[20:00] And I'm asking for compassion
[20:01] from city. I know. Has it. You
[20:04] have it. Do the right thing.
[20:16] Please. But the law work.
[20:17] >> Madeleine Sarah and then
[20:22] Kirby Myers. I am Reverend
[20:24] Matalin, pastor of Qs, United
[20:26] Methodist Church just over a
[20:28] week ago, I left this place
[20:29] feeling great joy and pride in
[20:31] all of you for having the
[20:33] courage to take the stand for
[20:34] those in our community who are
[20:36] living in fear. Now, it seems
[20:41] for some of you, your fear is
[20:42] causing you to second guess
[20:44] the brave and morally
[20:47] admirable decision you made
[20:48] last week. Now I have to say
[20:51] that I understand fear. I do.
[20:51] I have lived a great majority
[20:53] of my life, fearful that
[20:57] people would not like me. So I
[20:58] did with the bullies and the
[20:59] people in power told me to do
[21:02] even when I knew was wrong.
[21:03] Fear is cause me to do things.
[21:07] I am not proud of one of those
[21:08] things is that I remain silent
[21:11] for many years as our
[21:12] denomination debated the
[21:16] ordination of lgbtq clergy and
[21:16] performing same sex weddings
[21:19] because I was afraid I would
[21:22] not be ordained. In other
[21:23] words, I was afraid I would
[21:25] lose my job. Fear is real. And
[21:28] I understand it. But here's my
[21:31] question for you. Has the
[21:32] entire country watches on
[21:34] which side of history. Would
[21:36] you like to be found? Do you
[21:37] want to be the people who
[21:40] allowed fear to dictate their
[21:41] actions or do you want to be
[21:43] the people who found the
[21:44] courage to do what is right,
[21:47] no matter how scary that MAY
[21:49] be last week. You are brave.
[21:50] In other words, in the words
[21:52] of the prophet Micah, you
[21:52] sought justice. You loved
[21:54] mercy and walk humbly with
[21:56] GOD. And now you are allowing
[21:57] the bullies to cause you to
[22:00] second. Guess that. I want you
[22:01] to hear this. I still often
[22:04] fear when I enter the pulpit
[22:06] to preach and even standing
[22:08] before you. But I know 2
[22:10] things being liked in staying
[22:12] in my comfort zone is far less
[22:13] important than standing up for
[22:15] those who cannot stand up for
[22:16] themselves and being silent is
[22:19] not an option. My personal
[22:23] journey I realized on JUNE 12,
[22:24] 2016 when 49 people died in
[22:27] the polls. The Pulse nightclub
[22:28] massacre that I could no
[22:28] longer remain silent and
[22:32] silence is not an option. Now,
[22:32] as are our neighbors are in
[22:38] fear. I often use quotes in
[22:39] movies, firms from movies and
[22:39] my sermons. So let me leave
[22:42] you with this. This quote from
[22:46] we bought a zoo. Sometimes all
[22:49] you need is 20 seconds of
[22:52] insane courage just literally
[22:52] 20 seconds of embarrassing
[22:54] bravery and I promise you
[22:55] that's something great will
[22:58] come of it. This is your 20
[23:09] seconds. Thank you. And So
[23:14] curvy and then Daniel Mothers.
[23:15] >> Hi, Good evening. My name
[23:16] is Kirby Myers. And I've been
[23:18] a key West residents since
[23:20] 2012. I stand here tonight
[23:21] because like you, I'm scared
[23:25] and I'm angry. I know each of
[23:26] you have been threatened by or
[23:27] government for taking a stand
[23:29] to do the right thing. I know
[23:31] you've been told if you stand
[23:31] your ground here tonight,
[23:34] retribution will be served a
[23:35] fear tactic. Our government
[23:36] has embraced to control those
[23:38] who speak out against
[23:40] censorship, women's rights,
[23:41] minorities and others without
[23:44] a voice. So tonight with the
[23:46] understanding of the threats
[23:47] against you and at the risk of
[23:48] being a legally removed from
[23:51] this platform by our
[23:51] governor's office. I asked you
[23:55] a greater calling. And while
[23:56] it's much easier path to bend
[23:57] and to those in Washington who
[23:59] hide behind the masks and
[24:00] violence, they continue to
[24:02] unleash a their own citizens
[24:04] and neighbors. I asked you to
[24:05] be the public servants who
[24:08] were elected to be for us for
[24:09] our children. And for those
[24:12] who come after us. The world
[24:14] is watching Key West. And
[24:16] while this measure is a
[24:18] symbolic vote and perhaps a
[24:18] vote in your minds that is not
[24:20] worth losing your position
[24:23] over. I challenge that belief.
[24:24] I believe your stance against
[24:27] this evil spreading across our
[24:28] nation is exactly what you are
[24:31] called to do. Because 30 years
[24:33] from now, most of us will not
[24:33] be here. Put our children
[24:37] well. And our grandchildren.
[24:39] Well, and when they look back
[24:39] at this night, it could be a
[24:41] defining moment in our
[24:43] history. They will either look
[24:44] back at our local leaders here
[24:47] tonight who had an opportunity
[24:48] to spread a light across this
[24:49] nation and create a model for
[24:53] others to follow and fight and
[24:55] stand and look at the bullies
[24:56] in the eye with unity and
[25:00] unwavering conviction. They'll
[25:01] look back and recall the
[25:05] moment that faded as we cower
[25:07] fear and allowed those who
[25:09] rule by intimidation and
[25:09] violence to once again walk
[25:11] for those without a voice. I
[25:14] know you are scared, scared to
[25:15] lose your positions. Scared of
[25:18] the retribution, scared of the
[25:19] rhetoric hate being spread on
[25:19] social media and the violent
[25:21] acts against our communities.
[25:22] But if you don't take the
[25:24] stand tonight, Bill, I'm
[25:26] asking you to stay strong. I'm
[25:29] asking you to be brave. I'm
[25:30] asking this night to become
[25:31] something more than a symbolic
[25:33] state from a little island of
[25:34] Key West, I'm asking you to
[25:38] create a spark, a spark that
[25:38] will ignite a flame across the
[25:41] state and across this nation.
[25:42] One that calls for more
[25:43] leaders in towns like us here
[25:44] to fight back for those who
[25:46] cannot and to stand together
[25:47] because if you fight for us,
[25:51] we fight for you. As and Frank
[25:52] hid in the attic. Fearing the
[25:53] inevitable that she would be
[25:55] likely abducted by armed
[25:56] government forces attempting
[25:57] to cleanse communities of
[25:58] immigrants in minority. She
[25:59] still believed in a world. The
[26:00] pope and love and empathy. And
[26:03] during that time she wrote.
[26:04] How wonderful it is that
[26:06] nobody wait a single moment
[26:08] before starting to improve the
[26:09] world respected commissioners,
[26:13] please don't wait. Stay the
[26:14] course. Fight for your
[26:15] children, your grandchildren,
[26:15] fight for the truth and
[26:26] nothing. Let's let know.
[26:26] >> And you call the next
[26:32] Please.
[26:33] >> Can you call the next one?
[26:34] Please carry Can you call the
[26:36] next one? Please? Are you
[26:42] Sarah?
[26:43] >> So we have Sarah Daniel
[26:44] Mothers and then Aaron Stover.
[26:46] My name is Sarah Tunnel. It
[26:49] I'm a full-time resident.
[26:50] Something I think about often
[26:56] is time. Time wasted. Time
[26:57] calling my representatives who
[26:58] rarely pick up the phone. And
[26:59] if they do. Don't have any
[27:04] answers. Time we stood reading
[27:07] a report hoping that the
[27:08] public servants listed in the
[27:10] report but have the decency to
[27:13] do the right thing.
[27:15] Acknowledge their wrongdoings
[27:18] and pass the baton along to
[27:22] people with backbones. The
[27:27] time we stood by people only
[27:28] live here have time
[27:29] complaining about people who
[27:31] actually live here full time.
[27:32] The people who keep this
[27:34] island to life. Time well
[27:39] spent. Showing up. But this
[27:40] communities to support
[27:43] neighbors and insight 13, the
[27:46] reputation of a community that
[27:46] has always stood up against
[27:50] tyranny. Time lost. My friend
[27:54] at the corner store, hiding in
[27:57] the bathroom until he heard me
[27:58] announce myself and then
[27:58] walking out shaking and in
[28:02] shambles. The time my friend
[28:05] spent trying see his dying
[28:05] father in another country
[28:07] before time ran out. It ran
[28:13] out. Like to spend the rest of
[28:15] my time and our time quiet
[28:16] contemplation and to make it
[28:20] count. Whenever anyone in this
[28:22] room is ready, please raise
[28:25] your hand if you agree that
[28:26] keyword should remain a
[28:27] sanctuary, a place where a
[28:29] person.
[28:32] >> But their time is free,
[28:35] precious and protected. Except
[28:37] in the most serious of
[28:39] circumstances. And please keep
[28:40] your hands down if you think
[28:42] that key West should no longer
[28:43] be sanctuary by any definition
[29:00] of the word.
[29:53] Thank you. Daniel
[30:00] Aaron and then Abby Weiss.
[30:00] >> I imagine the job of key
[30:02] West City commissioner is a
[30:05] relatively thankless task.
[30:06] Most days are mundane filled
[30:07] with small choices about which
[30:10] the public will largely never
[30:11] be concerned. I imagine the
[30:11] moments when your duties are
[30:13] thrust into the spotlight can
[30:14] be stressful and emotionally
[30:18] draining. So I'd like to thank
[30:19] you for the courage and
[30:21] humanity you showed last week.
[30:22] I am deeply appreciative of
[30:23] your willingness to hear pleas
[30:25] from your constituents. Andrew
[30:27] in accordance both with their
[30:29] desires and with the of
[30:30] inclusivity that has long been
[30:30] the heart of the key West
[30:34] community. Unfortunately, days
[30:35] later, we find ourselves
[30:37] asking that same question, a
[30:38] question that has become a
[30:39] flash point in the battle for
[30:43] our cultural identity as we
[30:44] approach a crossroads that
[30:45] will shape the future of this
[30:46] island and be remembered by
[30:48] those who come after you. I
[30:48] want to place this moment in
[30:51] the greater context of the
[30:55] nation and of history. We MAY
[30:57] be a town of just 20,000. The
[30:58] key West is a name that's
[31:01] larger than life. Actions on
[31:03] this island. Reverberate
[31:04] across the nation in a way few
[31:07] small towns can replicate. Eu
[31:08] ruling last week made
[31:09] headlines in New York and
[31:12] California, Texas and Ohio.
[31:13] Social media accounts with
[31:14] millions of followers praised
[31:19] bravery. Your choices will be
[31:20] mourned or celebrated by far
[31:21] more than those who fill this
[31:23] room, your voices might be
[31:25] heard around the world as
[31:26] Florida boycotts explode
[31:30] across Europe and Canada. If
[31:31] the consensus you reach is in
[31:33] line with the image we strive
[31:34] to project a culture that
[31:37] embraces all regardless of
[31:37] gender, sexuality, skin color
[31:39] or place birth. Key West could
[31:42] become beacon of hope
[31:43] separated from the mainland by
[31:46] more than our bridges. This
[31:48] can be achieved by simply
[31:49] delaying a decision on the
[31:50] 2.87 agreement until we're
[31:53] certain of our legal standing.
[31:55] History rarely looks kindly on
[31:57] those who see power to
[31:57] politicians seeking the
[32:01] consolidation of that power.
[32:01] We're not talking about the
[32:03] glorious actions of those who
[32:04] vowed to the wills and
[32:06] dictators or governors as they
[32:07] stripped their subordinates,
[32:08] the capacity to be more
[32:11] loving, more kind and more
[32:12] compassionate. There is a word
[32:14] for describing we're facing
[32:17] when leaders enforce their
[32:18] agendas, threats, remove duly
[32:19] elected officials for
[32:20] representing the will of their
[32:21] constituents and power in the
[32:23] hands of their chosen
[32:23] enforcers. We call it
[32:27] authoritarianism. America was
[32:29] supposed to oppose that
[32:31] ideology. We are supposed to
[32:33] fight for more freedoms, more
[32:34] equality, more distribution of
[32:36] power to municipalities,
[32:39] cities and individual voters.
[32:39] The stories we tell ourselves
[32:41] about the greatness of this
[32:43] country are filled with pave
[32:44] individuals who fought back
[32:46] against government overreach.
[32:49] Today we're asking you to find
[32:49] the courage to be the heroes
[32:53] of this particular story and
[32:53] make a choice that future
[32:55] generations can celebrate.
[32:56] Thank you for your time and
[33:10] your compassion. Aaron. And
[33:11] actually, Richard, what
[33:11] comment called Abby
[33:12] incorrectly, Richard. And then
[33:14] John
[33:17] >> MADAM Mayor commissioners
[33:17] Stover. I'm a full-time
[33:20] resident since 2012. I'm
[33:21] reading a letter tonight on
[33:22] behalf of Natalia Duke,
[33:25] founder of the Keys,
[33:26] Immigration Coalition is that
[33:26] a country wanted me to share
[33:29] her words. She writes, I've
[33:30] never been more proud of our
[33:32] city that I was last Monday
[33:34] when you write leave, what are
[33:35] the agreement that force local
[33:36] law enforcement erratically
[33:38] profile and detain community
[33:39] members. I thank you for your
[33:41] courage for doing the right
[33:42] thing. And yet we must
[33:44] continue the course you have
[33:46] the privilege and duty the
[33:47] vote on what not only will
[33:48] make us safer, but what is
[33:52] right. The numerous problems
[33:53] that come with signing a 2.87
[33:54] g Agreement were clearly
[33:57] stated last week in addition
[33:58] taking valuable time and
[33:58] resources from officers doing
[34:00] their actual job. It also
[34:03] leads to racial profiling and
[34:04] lack of due process, both of
[34:05] which have been costly for
[34:08] Monroe County in the past in
[34:10] 2018 mcso wrongfully detained
[34:12] and handed over U.S. Citizen
[34:16] Peter Brown to ice. The
[34:17] lawsuit brought by splc, an
[34:20] aclu in 2018 cost the county
[34:21] the taxpayers hundreds of
[34:22] thousands of dollars. Do we
[34:26] want to be next? I ask you to
[34:27] stay strong and not
[34:29] voluntarily signed the
[34:31] agreement. Let's wait to let
[34:31] the courts decide the legality
[34:34] of entering the agreement.
[34:35] Furthermore, I encourage you
[34:36] to join South Miami's lawsuit
[34:39] against the state. Multiple
[34:40] organizations around the state
[34:41] have offered their pro bono
[34:44] services to help us understand
[34:45] and fight against this
[34:47] massive, unconstitutional
[34:49] overreach. Moreover, I urge
[34:50] you to express your support
[34:52] for extending tps for
[34:54] Haitians. When I taught in
[34:57] adult education in 2011, the
[34:58] majority of my students were
[34:58] from Haiti escaping damage
[35:00] from the earthquake and again,
[35:03] from the cholera epidemic. I
[35:05] run into them weekly as they
[35:05] are embedded in our diverse
[35:09] community. Currently, I teach
[35:11] yes, well, 2 key West High
[35:12] school students and have many
[35:13] Haitians students that have
[35:15] escaped gang violence. They
[35:17] long to feel safe and
[35:19] included. Unfortunately, after
[35:19] all, they've been doing there
[35:21] now scared to even attend
[35:22] summer school. We have a duty
[35:26] to support and protect them by
[35:27] staying strong. We have an
[35:28] opportunity to truly show the
[35:30] state of Florida and the
[35:32] country. What it means to
[35:34] actually be one human family
[35:39] signed that all you do. Those
[35:40] are not my words. I do
[35:42] absolutely. Echo them agree
[35:43] with them. And I just wanted
[35:45] to quickly add that this feels
[35:49] like a small boat by a small
[35:49] group of people on a small
[35:52] island. But you have so much
[35:53] power to set precedent. So
[35:53] please don't squander that.
[36:09] Thank you. So we Richard would
[36:15] come John and then fill er.
[36:16] >> Hello, my name is Richard
[36:19] would come. Iqs. Business
[36:20] owner and I live in Old town.
[36:21] Thank you for the opportunity
[36:26] to speak. I'm opposed to the
[36:28] city of Key West entering into
[36:30] a 2.87 g agreement with ice.
[36:32] I'm very emotional about this,
[36:33] but I'll be speaking
[36:38] factually. Point number one.
[36:39] Key West law enforcement
[36:40] acting with ice is bad for the
[36:42] key West economy. As a
[36:43] business owner, the labor for
[36:45] the available labor force is
[36:47] very tight. Many members of
[36:48] the qs community are afraid to
[36:49] go outside or go to church or
[36:54] go to work. Point. Number 2,
[36:55] agreement will damage
[36:57] relations between U.S. Law
[36:59] enforcement in the qs
[37:00] community. It makes what
[37:03] should be a co-operative.
[37:03] Relationship. Much more
[37:07] adversarial. We already have
[37:08] Monroe County law enforcement
[37:10] acting as isolations. Point.
[37:14] Number 3. This agreement will
[37:17] divert U.S. Law enforcement
[37:18] resources in addition to
[37:20] costly and time-consuming
[37:22] training, it takes valuable
[37:22] time away from city law
[37:25] enforcement functions. The key
[37:28] West City Commission should
[37:29] protect the community and the
[37:31] businesses of Key West by not
[37:33] entering into an agreement.
[37:43] With ice. Thank you. After
[37:44] John, we have still are. And
[37:51] then Hannah Edwards. I'm John
[37:51] a lifelong resident of Key
[37:53] West.
[37:54] >> Thank you for this
[37:57] opportunity to speak. It's
[37:58] important that we keep our eye
[38:02] on the issues here. Agreement
[38:04] 2.87 g it's not necessary for
[38:06] ice to do its work here, you
[38:09] for the local police to assist
[38:10] them but ending Estes until
[38:11] they can be transported
[38:15] elsewhere. As I understand it,
[38:16] the fact that participation is
[38:18] not required already in the
[38:20] title. We're at states
[38:25] voluntary, not mandatory. So
[38:26] as Tallahassee wanting so
[38:27] badly to impose this sentence.
[38:30] Not a surprise, actually, it's
[38:31] consistent with its actions
[38:33] across the years to squelch
[38:34] every part of local autonomy.
[38:37] It possibly can often in
[38:38] violation of the powers
[38:41] granted to local
[38:41] municipalities by our state
[38:45] constitution and laws. By and
[38:46] large. Our community has a
[38:47] favorable impression of our
[38:48] local police department and
[38:52] justifiably so. We are
[38:53] fortunate the chief Brandon
[38:54] brings a fair and reasonable
[38:56] man. It was wrong to
[38:58] disrespect him when he spoke
[38:59] last week. He's on our side
[39:00] and has the best interest of
[39:04] our community at heart. Our
[39:05] police, our trains to defuse
[39:06] tense situations rather than
[39:09] fanning the flames and
[39:10] escalating them into more
[39:13] newsworthy crisis. Do you have
[39:15] the same impression of ice? If
[39:19] anything, quite the opposite.
[39:20] They have been reports and
[39:22] allegations that police in key
[39:24] west of acted as de facto ice
[39:26] agents during routine traffic
[39:27] stops, particularly targeting
[39:31] immigrants. By making our
[39:33] police officers act as hit men
[39:35] for ice. The excellent
[39:36] community report we have had
[39:38] with our police vanishes in an
[39:42] instant. Once our police
[39:43] officers become identified
[39:45] with ice agents, they will no
[39:46] longer be regarded with the
[39:47] same sense of trust. We have
[39:51] had. Is that what we want? Is
[39:52] that even with our police
[39:56] themselves want. And therefore
[39:59] propose reinstating are 2.87 g
[39:59] agreement. It is not necessary
[40:02] for ice's work. Additionally
[40:03] agreeing to it since the
[40:05] message to Tallahassee that we
[40:07] are further acquiescing as
[40:11] they attempt to strip us more
[40:12] and more of local control over
[40:14] our own affairs. If you give
[40:17] in to a bully, you just get
[40:20] more being bullied. Listen,
[40:34] open your eyes and see.
[40:35] >> Phil and then Hannah
[40:39] Edwards and many Hartman after
[40:39] >> Good afternoon,
[40:42] commissioners Mayor, I'm Phil
[40:42] Air resident of Miami-Dade
[40:43] County and the retired Navy
[40:44] must thing here with my words
[40:48] to serve in courage. What
[40:51] happened last week was.
[40:52] >> Administrative correction.
[40:55] You corrected an error.
[40:56] >> And the world came down
[40:57] upon. You recognize that what
[41:00] is coming down upon you is
[41:02] political pressure, political
[41:02] pressure in the form of a
[41:05] letter from the state attorney
[41:05] general who could who writing
[41:09] with political politicized
[41:09] rhetoric within his letter.
[41:10] It's clear to see no need to
[41:13] be a lawyer to see it. So it
[41:14] is the political pressure that
[41:15] you're responding to in my
[41:19] assessment. It is the
[41:23] political pressure also of
[41:24] your boss. Is your residence
[41:24] here in the chamber that you
[41:25] responded to last week and you
[41:27] should respond to this week
[41:31] today. So with that. I want to
[41:33] just encourage you to think
[41:36] about. Whom do you work for?
[41:39] Who do you work for? And what
[41:43] are your core values and your
[41:44] core values are meant to be
[41:48] with the people. So I'd
[41:49] encourage you stand with the
[41:51] people. Recognize what is
[41:53] legally required. And I think
[41:54] the previous commissioner was
[41:55] on commissioner coffin. Lay
[41:57] that out very well. And what
[42:03] is politically? Charged and go
[42:04] with your go with your with
[42:07] your gut and don't be bullied
[42:08] by the the political messaging
[42:18] from Tallahassee. Thank you.
[42:19] >> After Hannah, we have Manny
[42:23] and then Laura Byrne, Italy.
[42:23] Good evening. Mayor
[42:26] commissioners and staff. My
[42:27] name is Hannah Edwards. And
[42:27] I'm speaking as a private
[42:30] citizen. I want to thank you
[42:30] for the courage you showed in
[42:32] the last meeting. And I want
[42:34] to share something with you.
[42:35] When I left that meeting, I
[42:39] ran into a friend of mine.
[42:40] She's from Nicaragua. And
[42:41] though she and her family are
[42:41] naturalized, many of her
[42:43] friends and relatives are here
[42:45] on visas. My friend gave me a
[42:46] big hug. She'd watching the
[42:47] meeting online while she
[42:50] worked her second job. Thank
[42:50] you. She said for standing up
[42:53] for my community were all too
[42:54] scared to be there to be at
[42:57] the meetings. GOD bless you
[42:58] and GOD bless the city of Key
[43:02] West. I thought you should
[43:04] hear that people who work the
[43:04] people who are quietly behind
[43:05] the scenes making this city
[43:07] run. Appreciate you. You might
[43:10] not know them all by name, but
[43:11] they're really grateful for
[43:13] what you did last week. Now
[43:15] regarding the situation at
[43:17] hand, I read the a g's letter
[43:19] and I believe the intent is to
[43:21] scare you. And this whole
[43:22] situation is scary. Many, many
[43:23] people in this town are
[43:25] scared. I'm scared right now.
[43:27] I remember that fear can be
[43:29] used as a very effective tool
[43:30] to get people to do what you
[43:31] want, especially when your
[43:35] argument is lacking. In his
[43:35] letter, the ag mentions the
[43:36] arrest of sex offenders,
[43:39] murderers and animal abusers.
[43:39] He makes it sound like or
[43:42] community is unsafe. But I
[43:44] disagree. We have excellent
[43:46] law enforcement, including the
[43:46] chief the Key West Police and
[43:48] the Monroe County sheriff.
[43:50] They do their jobs extremely
[43:52] well. They're great stewards
[43:52] of our tax dollars are crime.
[43:55] Rates are very low and they
[43:57] cooperate with all other law
[43:59] enforcement organizations and
[43:59] the people I says now
[44:01] snatching from their bikes are
[44:02] not criminals. According to
[44:04] the transactional Records,
[44:06] Access Clearinghouse as of
[44:07] JUNE 15th. So it's probably
[44:10] even more so than now or than
[44:13] then. 71.7% of those held in
[44:14] ice detention have no criminal
[44:18] record. My parents were active
[44:19] in the civil rights movement
[44:21] in the 1960's and the kkk
[44:23] burned across in their yard to
[44:24] scare them. That was extremely
[44:27] scary for them. But it didn't
[44:27] stop them from standing up for
[44:30] equal rights. Don't let fear
[44:32] stop you from doing what's
[44:33] right. We believe in you and
[44:34] we will continue to support
[44:38] you. My daughter's preschool
[44:39] teacher once told me a story
[44:41] she was in a store with their
[44:41] own little girl who had a
[44:43] meltdown in the middle of the
[44:44] aisle she wanted to Dish Usher
[44:46] in leave the store. But she
[44:48] had a cart full of groceries
[44:49] and she remembered how we, as
[44:50] parents always say, I'd
[44:50] stepped in front of a train
[44:52] for my child and she thought
[44:55] this is the train, these
[44:57] tantrums these hard moments.
[45:00] This is what we step in front
[45:01] of. So she sat down on the
[45:02] floor next to her daughter in
[45:03] tow. She calmed down.
[45:04] Commissioners. This is the
[45:07] train. This is the hard moment
[45:08] where you get to choose
[45:09] whether to do it, you know, is
[45:10] right and stand beside the
[45:13] people of your city or to walk
[45:16] away because this is hard. We
[45:17] can let the courts do their
[45:19] job. We can wait for legal
[45:20] clarity. We can stand by our
[45:22] values and protect trust
[45:22] between our immigrant
[45:25] neighbors and our police. Cbs
[45:26] News is predicting that you
[45:28] okay because you're afraid,
[45:29] please show them what we all
[45:31] know that they are on the
[45:32] year. Strong leader has
[45:33] nothing. Her original. What?
[45:42] Thank you. Thank you. Laura.
[45:44] And then just Wagner. Good
[45:47] afternoon, everyone.
[45:50] >> Commissioners, MADAM Mayor.
[45:50] Thank you for allowing me to
[45:52] come and speak. I'm a resident
[45:54] of Miami-Dade County drove all
[46:00] the way down from Homestead.
[46:01] Thankless job. Every single
[46:04] one of that. You do the right
[46:05] thing. It's expected. Okay.
[46:09] You do the wrong thing. You
[46:13] get hurt. What you did 2 weeks
[46:14] ago take took a lot of
[46:18] courage. You're being asked to
[46:22] do it again. It's a new. You
[46:23] already did it once you do it
[46:25] again. It takes a lot of
[46:27] courage. It's easy to take the
[46:33] easy way out. The path of
[46:34] least resistance is always
[46:38] there. Doing the right thing.
[46:40] Really does take lot of
[46:47] courage. I came here. Because
[46:48] there's a lot of people that
[46:52] are no longer with us.
[46:53] Including my family that I
[46:55] know would be wanting to come
[46:55] and talk. So I'm here to speak
[46:57] for the folks that cannot
[47:01] speak that are not here. So
[47:03] channeling their voices. And
[47:04] channeling what they wanted to
[47:10] say. I want to say. For voting
[47:12] that way. Thank you. Did 2
[47:14] weeks ago and continue to vote
[47:15] that way for those that cannot
[47:18] speak. For those that don't
[47:21] have the ability and that are
[47:22] not here and possibly in
[47:26] another country. As a former
[47:26] union steward, I know for a
[47:32] fact. Having a thankless job
[47:38] is. Appreciate you. Thank you.
[47:40] And for allowing a Miami-Dade
[47:41] County resident, the city
[47:42] homestead to come and speak
[47:52] your city of Key West.
[47:58] >> Laura is there Laura? And
[47:58] then just the Wagner and
[48:03] Amanda Velazquez.
[48:04] Commissioners, thank you for
[48:07] letting me speak tonight. My
[48:09] name is Laura Perez. I am a 3
[48:10] year resident of Key West. I'm
[48:11] in Monroe County employee the
[48:15] public facing position which
[48:16] as you might guess that means
[48:17] get to interact with an
[48:18] incredible cross section of
[48:21] people on this island and
[48:22] every day I am still amazed
[48:23] not only by the mix of
[48:24] cultures, but the absolute
[48:25] acceptance and openness and
[48:26] sons of unity displayed by
[48:29] people here. Your decision
[48:31] last week regarding the 2.87 g
[48:34] Agreement had impact on a
[48:35] national scale. People other
[48:36] cities he was acceptance,
[48:40] openness and sense of unity.
[48:41] We show that it's possible to
[48:43] push back against power to
[48:45] what's right. We provide
[48:48] example of a community can be
[48:48] demonstrate at quality and
[48:54] politics We know to continue
[48:54] to lead and to do what's
[48:57] right. And we ask you to stand
[49:01] behind decision your decision.
[49:03] But man paying out of city
[49:04] budget, the federal government
[49:07] hurt our community put our
[49:07] neighbors and our friends, our
[49:11] co-workers. Into a rapid
[49:12] expanding, completely
[49:14] unaccountable and for profit
[49:15] detention system. And there's
[49:18] no reason for this. Our police
[49:20] officers are already required
[49:21] to cooperate fully with ice
[49:21] and expressed their intention
[49:25] to do so. To a little rest
[49:25] between kw pd and the people
[49:29] of Key West citizens both
[49:30] documented and undocumented
[49:31] would the same racial
[49:35] profiling and paranoia and
[49:35] isolation has to reach out to
[49:39] key wpd for help. Other
[49:40] countries will be spent by the
[49:41] threat of indiscriminate and
[49:45] in death attention. We have to
[49:46] and made safer by this
[49:48] decision. Well, as you look
[49:50] good and thoughtful people, I
[49:51] know you don't want to being
[49:55] part of someone sending
[49:56] someone to a cage in the
[49:57] Everglades. I'm comfortable
[49:58] with the knowledge. You MAY
[49:59] put a person who showed up for
[50:03] immigration court. The into a
[50:04] detention facility with more
[50:06] familiar contact. No legal
[50:07] counsel and will chance of
[50:09] dying use political act. And
[50:12] should mention there been 13
[50:14] deaths in ice custody this
[50:14] year alone and 5 of them in
[50:20] Florida. Not fixed having a
[50:23] lot is not completely
[50:27] circumscribed, but as what is
[50:28] helpful to building a decent
[50:29] society, we to be says right
[50:30] now, but it possible in just
[50:32] to detain people indefinitely
[50:35] without proper medical care
[50:36] legal representation. You know
[50:38] that to be false. That isn't
[50:43] just matter. But says. Thank
[50:44] you for your courage and the
[50:45] to display courage wants more.
[50:47] The people in this room, the
[50:49] city of South Miami and many
[50:50] other organizations and
[50:52] individuals across the nation
[50:55] have a more expansive man and
[50:57] inclusive vision. This country
[50:58] can be. Us in creating that
[50:59] new reality. Thank you for
[51:09] your time. Jesse. We have
[51:10] Amanda and then for t s to
[51:19] month. We're just the Wagner
[51:20] and Jillian titan of 11
[51:23] Kentucky.
[51:24] >> We're going to sing you a
[51:25] song written by Woody Guthrie
[51:40] in 1948.
[51:48] >> Thompson Sodium,
[51:52] >> back up next, Campbell.
[51:52] >> Them money.
[51:54] >> back
[52:00] >> Leads.
[52:08] >> It tells you This
[52:12] >> when you're on the big
[52:19] >> 0.2
[52:21] >> a father. He landed 2. All
[52:30] the
[52:33] >> insist is down
[53:02] this Be. Dew. 0.2 the best way
[53:08] best way line to Milan top
[53:08] soil and of coal mine. Go on
[53:10] 74
[53:25] goes. This is saying you will
[53:32] there. The 14. The fashion
[53:36] try. I'm saying it was on
[53:37] track rights like the will no
[53:44] longer Process. Then you, MAY
[53:47] be involved
[54:03] sneeze and it was a
[54:12] >> Gore
[54:16] >> We love you. Thank you to
[54:16] the officers and the fire
[54:30] department
[54:31] >> After a man do we have for
[54:33] tea? And then Jennifer Kutch.
[54:34] That's a hard act to Not going
[54:39] to Thank you, Mayor Henry
[54:40] Cause and commissioner, thank
[54:40] you for the opportunity share
[54:42] my comments regarding the
[54:44] proposed 2.87 g Resolution. My
[54:46] name is Amanda An immigration
[54:47] attorney been practicing
[54:49] immigration law for 25 years.
[54:49] >> And I've had my practice in
[54:53] Key West since 2018. I see the
[54:54] human impact everyday. What my
[54:55] clients are experiencing as a
[54:56] result of immigration
[54:57] enforcement efforts happening
[55:00] in and around Key West
[55:01] receiving nonstop phone calls
[55:02] from detention centers and
[55:03] worried family members around
[55:04] the clock. The vast majority
[55:06] of these individuals do not
[55:07] have criminal records. This is
[55:10] not speculation. I know them.
[55:11] I would be happy to share more
[55:13] about their experiences at
[55:14] another time. But I believe
[55:15] that for today's meeting, it's
[55:16] valid for you to understand
[55:17] the legal options you have
[55:19] with regard to the 2.87 g
[55:21] Agreement. Allow me to share
[55:22] my colleague Ashley sub as Lot
[55:23] Sound legal advice that you
[55:24] cannot be here in person
[55:26] today. I write today to
[55:29] respectfully urge you not to
[55:30] move forward with the
[55:32] resolution at this time.
[55:33] Instead, I encourage the
[55:34] commission to table the matter
[55:35] into the city can obtain legal
[55:36] clarity on its obligations
[55:38] under chapter 908, of the
[55:40] Florida statute on JUNE 30th,
[55:41] this commission voted to void
[55:43] a 2.87 g agreement that had
[55:44] been improperly executed
[55:44] without the legal authority
[55:47] required under city charter.
[55:49] Was not a rejection of federal
[55:50] immigration enforcement. It
[55:52] was a vote to correct a
[55:53] procedural defect until now
[55:54] the city has maintained a
[55:55] strong legal position. It was
[55:58] addressing an internal process
[55:59] issue and preparing to seek
[56:01] judicial guidance on whether
[56:01] Florida actually requires
[56:04] entry into such an agreement.
[56:05] However, if the resolution
[56:08] before you is either past or
[56:09] voted down tonight, it
[56:10] significantly increases the
[56:11] risk that the governor and
[56:12] attorney general will argue
[56:14] that the city is prohibiting
[56:16] participation and the 2.87 g
[56:17] program precisely the conduct
[56:18] prohibited by section 908, of
[56:21] the Florida statute. Moreover,
[56:22] the language of this
[56:24] resolution appears to concede
[56:26] without legal challenge. The
[56:27] attorney generals assertion
[56:28] the Key West is now a
[56:29] sanctuary city in violation of
[56:31] state law. That framing
[56:33] matters it will surface in
[56:34] pleadings press releases in
[56:36] future legislative debates.
[56:37] Once it's part of the public
[56:38] record, it cannot easily be
[56:41] undone. We do not have to make
[56:43] that mistake. I respectfully
[56:45] request that the commission
[56:46] tabled the resolution and
[56:47] direct the city attorney or
[56:48] outside counsel to seek a
[56:49] declaratory judgment as a city
[56:52] of South Miami is doing let a
[56:53] court decide whether entering
[56:54] into this agreement is legally
[56:56] required. That approach is not
[56:57] only responsible and strategic
[56:59] that it is lawful. If you
[57:01] believe you must take some
[57:02] action tonight at most, that
[57:03] would encourage you to
[57:04] consider, sir amending the
[57:05] resolution from last Monday to
[57:06] void the agreement without
[57:09] prejudice. And agreement
[57:10] requires negotiation and
[57:13] consideration by all parties.
[57:14] It's not an agreement. If
[57:16] we're being told by the
[57:16] governor and the legislature
[57:17] that we have to enter into it
[57:19] without negotiating the terms,
[57:20] let's not rush into this
[57:21] decision. Thank you for your
[57:21] time and thoughtful
[57:31] consideration. After for tea
[57:32] is Jennifer and Robert
[57:36] Milwaukee. The irony of
[57:38] standing here before you today
[57:39] and ask you to be brave. I am
[57:41] actively practicing being
[57:42] brave.
[57:43] >> And publicly speaking
[57:45] today, so
[57:52] name is for on. I've been a
[57:52] resident of to us for the past
[57:57] 15 years. Today. I come before
[57:59] you as a community member and
[58:00] as the child of Haitian
[58:04] immigrant parents. My parents
[58:06] came to this country with very
[58:07] little. But Terry tweens, as
[58:10] big as this island. Like many
[58:11] immigrants, stay in the work
[58:13] hard pay taxes and raise a
[58:14] family rooted in resilience
[58:17] and hope. And he did it all
[58:19] while navigating a world that
[58:21] often them with suspicion
[58:24] instead of gratitude. I'm
[58:25] standing here today because
[58:27] they believe in the promise of
[58:28] America, they believe that if
[58:31] you just work hard and kept
[58:32] heads down. They could build
[58:35] something better. But how can
[58:36] that promise exist if we allow
[58:37] fear to take hold of our
[58:41] community? Last you, MADAM
[58:43] Mayor majority of our city
[58:44] commissioners made the right
[58:46] choice to reject in agreement
[58:47] that would allow Qaida bpd to
[58:52] collaborate with ice under the
[58:53] 2.87 g program. That decision
[58:56] reflected the heart of West. A
[58:57] city that has long prided
[59:00] itself on being a place of
[59:01] refuge, a place of compassion,
[59:02] a place that understands that
[59:03] community safety does not come
[59:05] from intimidation. It comes
[59:10] from trust. Let's be honest.
[59:10] Programs like 2.87 g don't
[59:12] make communities safer. They
[59:14] make immigrants afraid to
[59:16] report crimes, afraid to seek
[59:19] help free to exist. And the
[59:20] truth is when one group in our
[59:21] community is living in fear,
[59:27] all of us feel less safe.
[59:31] Immigrants are not threat. The
[59:31] threat is allowing fear and
[59:32] misinformation to shape
[59:38] policy. I am asking, know, I
[59:40] urging all of you are city
[59:43] leaders. Do not walk is back.
[59:45] Do not trade, courage for
[59:47] comfort. We must not allow our
[59:48] local police force to become
[59:50] an extension of federal
[59:50] immigration enforcement. That
[59:54] is not who we are. I love us
[59:55] because we celebrate
[59:58] differences here. We one human
[59:59] family, but that motto might
[1:00:01] mean more than a slogan on a
[1:00:02] bumper sticker. It must show
[1:00:03] up in our decisions and our
[1:00:05] policies how we treat the most
[1:00:08] vulnerable among us. Mayor and
[1:00:08] weekends and city
[1:00:11] commissioners. You are brave
[1:00:14] ones be brave again. Do not
[1:00:17] listen to vote. Stand with
[1:00:19] immigrants who make this
[1:00:20] island beautiful. Stand with
[1:00:22] the families like mine. Stand
[1:00:23] up those who still believe in
[1:00:24] the dream that brought so many
[1:00:26] of the year. History is
[1:00:29] watching. And so we. Thank
[1:00:42] you. After Jennifer's Robert
[1:00:43] know Wiki and then clean
[1:00:49] Lopez.
[1:00:50] >> My name is Jennifer Coach.
[1:00:51] And I make us PRESIDENT And I
[1:00:53] fully support the decision.
[1:00:56] Made last week to avoid the
[1:00:57] 2.87 g Agreement. I would like
[1:00:58] to encourage the city
[1:00:59] commissioners to stick with
[1:01:02] their original decision. It
[1:01:03] was one of the first mayor
[1:01:04] tumors of hope. I think many
[1:01:07] of us felt many months. The
[1:01:08] courage that was shown
[1:01:08] standing up for what you know
[1:01:09] is right and humane was
[1:01:13] heartening. Now is the time to
[1:01:14] continue to be brave and stay
[1:01:17] on the right side of history.
[1:01:17] Understand the difficult
[1:01:18] position this puts you its the
[1:01:22] job you signed up for. Human
[1:01:23] people are being racially
[1:01:27] profiled and kidnapped. Then
[1:01:27] being unlawfully and
[1:01:29] inhumanely detained in
[1:01:30] concentration camps. Trigger
[1:01:33] words matter? We've heard
[1:01:36] countless stories in that of
[1:01:38] the terrible conditions and
[1:01:39] unconstitutional detainments
[1:01:40] where families and even
[1:01:41] lawyers are not able to get in
[1:01:42] contact with their level.
[1:01:45] Clients? I heard on the news
[1:01:47] this morning regarding the
[1:01:48] Texas floods that people don't
[1:01:49] know where their loved ones
[1:01:50] are or whether their letter
[1:01:54] that alive or dead. I wish the
[1:01:54] government show the same
[1:01:55] compassion for immigrant
[1:01:58] families who are feeling
[1:01:59] similarly after no contact
[1:02:00] from their loved one's as
[1:02:00] they're being ripped off the
[1:02:02] streets out of their homes
[1:02:03] away from their jobs. And so
[1:02:07] on. This is the beginning.
[1:02:09] This is only the beginning.
[1:02:09] And while I'm not sitting here
[1:02:10] because I'm worried about my
[1:02:12] safety or citizenship yet
[1:02:13] because I am very afraid of
[1:02:16] what the future holds. You
[1:02:17] must be able to see the
[1:02:17] writing on the wall fully. Let
[1:02:20] them get away with this. Now,
[1:02:21] where next? Any one of us can
[1:02:24] and will be a target and that
[1:02:25] you hope someone will stand up
[1:02:26] for you when your rights are
[1:02:29] being violated. Please stay
[1:02:30] strong and do the right thing.
[1:02:32] The country is watching and
[1:02:32] I'm tired of being ashamed of
[1:02:33] being Florida resident, my
[1:02:39] husband and I. My husband,
[1:02:40] sorry, my husband and I are
[1:02:42] originally from Baltimore,
[1:02:44] Maryland and the governor of
[1:02:45] Maryland Westmore and many
[1:02:45] others in similar positions as
[1:02:54] yours and as his. Have spot
[1:02:56] And many others in similar
[1:02:58] positions as un does him have
[1:02:58] been very vocal against the
[1:02:59] administration and they're
[1:03:03] terrible policies. I'd like to
[1:03:03] be proud of where I live in
[1:03:05] the politicians that represent
[1:03:06] my community. So please know
[1:03:06] you are not alone in standing
[1:03:08] for the right thing. Many
[1:03:09] members of our community
[1:03:10] support you and other
[1:03:13] politicians as well. There is
[1:03:16] power and standing with the
[1:03:17] people. I'd also like to
[1:03:17] comment says about where I'm
[1:03:19] from. I come from a community
[1:03:20] that is afraid to call police
[1:03:21] when things are happening. And
[1:03:24] I can assure you when people
[1:03:25] are afraid to call the police
[1:03:26] is a much more dangerous and
[1:03:27] unsafe place for everyone in
[1:03:36] my community.
[1:03:39] >> Rob is Robert. So Robert,
[1:03:42] here, Robert Clayton. And then
[1:03:54] Wayne Dempster. CHAIRMAN,
[1:03:55] thank you.
[1:03:56] >> My name is DR. Rob Nokia
[1:03:57] was here last week. Thank you
[1:03:59] all again for taking the time
[1:04:00] to have this meeting and to
[1:04:03] listen to the public. I had a
[1:04:06] whole list of talking points
[1:04:07] that I wasn't trying candidate
[1:04:07] 3 minutes and most of them I
[1:04:09] don't have to talk about
[1:04:10] because they've already been
[1:04:10] really eloquently said by
[1:04:13] people before me. But really
[1:04:14] tonight is not about these
[1:04:15] facts. Anyway. We went over
[1:04:19] the last week. We went over
[1:04:20] the legal situation, went over
[1:04:20] the moral situation, win over
[1:04:23] the economic situation. Today
[1:04:24] is much bigger question, which
[1:04:25] is, you know, do we let
[1:04:28] ourselves get bullied around?
[1:04:29] And I don't know how many
[1:04:30] people in this room have been
[1:04:33] bullied as a child. I was it
[1:04:33] s#
[1:04:33] #
[1:04:34] #
[1:04:34] #
[1:04:34] . And the thing is, as
[1:04:35] other people have said, if you
[1:04:38] let a bully bully, you not
[1:04:39] only are they going to
[1:04:40] continue to do it, they'll be
[1:04:40] bold and they're gonna believe
[1:04:43] other people. And sometimes
[1:04:43] the other people they bully
[1:04:44] are less able to defend
[1:04:47] themselves. Then you are. And
[1:04:48] when that happens, you have a
[1:04:49] duty to do something about it.
[1:04:50] And I think we're in that
[1:04:55] situation tonight. Because of
[1:04:56] the things that we discussed
[1:05:00] last week. You know. If one of
[1:05:01] the reasons why we're all here
[1:05:04] tonight is to show solidarity
[1:05:07] and our support for you. But
[1:05:08] you just have to look at this
[1:05:10] and for anybody who's looking
[1:05:12] online, this room is full. The
[1:05:14] upstairs room is totally full.
[1:05:17] The lobby is full. They are
[1:05:18] regulating who can come into
[1:05:21] the city hall because it's
[1:05:22] full because so many people
[1:05:24] are here to support you. And
[1:05:27] if you continue to stand firm,
[1:05:29] we're going to need a bigger
[1:05:31] city hall because
[1:05:35] >> the city is weak. Your
[1:05:39] constituents are with you. We
[1:05:39] support you. And if you want
[1:05:40] to hold another meeting next
[1:05:41] week will be here next week
[1:05:44] and will probably have people
[1:05:45] from Collier County. You want
[1:05:46] to host the 2 weeks from now.
[1:05:48] We'll be reaching up to
[1:05:50] Orlando. Okay. The reason
[1:05:50] people are driving hundreds of
[1:05:51] miles to be here tonight is
[1:05:52] because they support you and
[1:05:56] probably to some degree
[1:05:57] because they're elected.
[1:05:57] Officials aren't doing what
[1:05:59] you were doing. You are
[1:06:02] pulling people from elsewhere
[1:06:02] because their own people are
[1:06:04] not chanting them. You are do
[1:06:06] not forget that we are very
[1:06:20] proud of you. After after
[1:06:21] Clayton is Wayne and then
[1:06:25] Erica Jewel.
[1:06:26] >> Good Evening. MADAM And
[1:06:32] Commission is, you know me.
[1:06:33] There's a claim that the
[1:06:34] attorney general's letter to
[1:06:36] eu states that but you didn't
[1:06:37] let your last special meeting
[1:06:39] on the subject was a violation
[1:06:42] and make us a sanctuary city.
[1:06:44] I take issue with the spin
[1:06:45] that the ag is put on this
[1:06:47] issue in order to pursue his
[1:06:49] own violation of that higher
[1:06:50] legal authority. The United
[1:06:57] States Constitution. Catch a
[1:06:59] last meeting. Much was raised
[1:07:01] about the 14th Amendment which
[1:07:03] guaranteed citizenship the by
[1:07:05] birth or by naturalization.
[1:07:09] There is a process due process
[1:07:10] for both. That's not what's
[1:07:13] happening. The people who work
[1:07:18] for the city moved in next
[1:07:19] door attended school with and
[1:07:21] play ball with our children
[1:07:21] and grandchildren. Married
[1:07:24] into our families and on value
[1:07:25] but contributors to our
[1:07:28] society are free because they
[1:07:30] have become victims. The
[1:07:31] governmental overreach and
[1:07:37] bullying. The very government
[1:07:38] that boasts on its most
[1:07:40] visible monument to freedom to
[1:07:41] give me your tired, your poor,
[1:07:44] your huddled masses, you're
[1:07:44] running to breathe free has
[1:07:48] betrayed them. I beseech you
[1:07:49] to avoid succumbing to that
[1:07:50] bullying by postponing the
[1:07:53] vote. On your agenda. Item
[1:07:55] number one, until you can
[1:07:56] receive input from the city
[1:07:57] attorney contracted attorney
[1:07:59] or at least give yourself time
[1:08:02] to find out the outcome. The
[1:08:05] South Miami case are enjoying.
[1:08:08] That's the fear of the people.
[1:08:10] All it takes for evil to exist
[1:08:10] is for good people to do
[1:08:14] nothing. I understand the
[1:08:17] issues of not wanting
[1:08:19] criminals, then seek out the
[1:08:20] criminals as had been done in
[1:08:21] the past and stop seeking
[1:08:22] quotas for the sake of the
[1:08:31] numbers. One final thought
[1:08:35] each of you on the Dias was I
[1:08:36] the ball on came here seeking
[1:08:38] something to Key West offer
[1:08:40] too. Some your grandparents
[1:08:41] and great grandparents came
[1:08:42] from islands from all over the
[1:08:44] Caribbean. Do you see the
[1:08:49] correlation? It's no different
[1:08:49] than those people who risked
[1:08:50] their lives. Many of them
[1:08:53] seeking a better life, not for
[1:08:54] themselves, but for their
[1:08:58] children. Many of those people
[1:08:59] are your current business
[1:09:01] owners, employers and labor
[1:09:02] U.S. Today. Again, please
[1:09:06] postpone is item. You've had
[1:09:07] other success. The suggestions
[1:09:10] presented to you. I also ask
[1:09:10] that you draft a letter
[1:09:12] demonstrating support for the
[1:09:14] extension, the temporary
[1:09:15] status, not just for patients,
[1:09:18] but for all its intended. When
[1:09:19] this is all over with our
[1:09:20] model still be one human
[1:09:35] family.
[1:09:35] After Wayne is Erica.
[1:09:42] And then Zach Forward.
[1:09:43] >> My name is Wayne dab,
[1:09:49] resident of Key West. I am a
[1:09:49] U.S. Navy officer with 28
[1:09:51] years of commission service
[1:09:54] currently retired. I'm a
[1:09:54] practicing attorney for the
[1:09:57] past 40 years. The last 25 in
[1:10:01] Key West. I represent
[1:10:01] individuals and families
[1:10:04] before the immigration courts,
[1:10:06] the immigration Service,
[1:10:07] deportation offices and U.S.
[1:10:08] Department of State and
[1:10:12] consulates. I estimate I
[1:10:13] represented between 5 7,000
[1:10:17] persons here in Key West. I'm
[1:10:17] considered to be one of the
[1:10:19] experts immigration law in
[1:10:25] South Florida. As a lawyer, I
[1:10:26] represent individuals are
[1:10:27] pulling their rights under the
[1:10:30] Constitution and U.S. Laws.
[1:10:32] The 2.87 agreement he's being
[1:10:37] asked Key West to sign but key
[1:10:38] wpd under the direction and
[1:10:41] supervision of ice in the
[1:10:41] performance of immigration
[1:10:45] duties. The interpretation
[1:10:47] actions by ice of the laws of
[1:10:50] Florida. And of the Aqsa laws
[1:10:52] of the U.S. In mortar
[1:10:56] situations. Are in direct
[1:10:59] contradiction to those laws.
[1:11:00] And the night the actual
[1:11:04] facts. Florida Law says that
[1:11:06] police must have reasonable
[1:11:09] suspicion of a crime in order
[1:11:09] to ask immigration-related
[1:11:13] questions. I says they do not
[1:11:18] need to follow that law. When
[1:11:18] a person arrives the southern
[1:11:21] border there legally outside
[1:11:24] the U.S. Until interviewed and
[1:11:25] approved and then issued a
[1:11:28] parole to enter. Is illegal
[1:11:36] entry. Yet ice claims without
[1:11:37] That is a crime to act to
[1:11:40] enter that way. And thus they
[1:11:44] can arrest someone any time.
[1:11:45] Despite having a pending
[1:11:49] asylum case. Court hearing
[1:11:50] scheduled pending benefit
[1:11:51] applications. Our legal status
[1:11:55] to be here. No criminal
[1:12:00] record. These allegations
[1:12:02] about act, ice's actions and
[1:12:04] interpretations should be
[1:12:05] examined and documented before
[1:12:07] any decision is made. On the
[1:12:09] cooperation with ice in
[1:12:15] enforcement operations.
[1:12:16] Currently in cooperation with
[1:12:20] the fhp. Is continuing to stop
[1:12:22] and take into custody citizens
[1:12:25] of Key West as recently as
[1:12:29] this morning. Despite the
[1:12:31] citizens having lawful status.
[1:12:34] This forces the the clients to
[1:12:36] expend significant resources
[1:12:39] in time and money. To obtain
[1:12:41] their release from lawfully
[1:12:43] tension. I pose a significant
[1:12:54] bonds of ice to the court.
[1:12:55] After Erica. We have Zach
[1:12:57] Forward and then Bird that
[1:13:04] foster.
[1:13:04] >> My name is Erika Jewel and
[1:13:08] I live in District 5. I was
[1:13:09] born and raised in Key West
[1:13:10] and I love the cosmopolitan
[1:13:11] and open-minded nature of our
[1:13:15] small town. Not only do we
[1:13:15] play host to tourists from all
[1:13:18] over the world, our community
[1:13:18] is composed of a diverse group
[1:13:22] of outsiders who we welcome I
[1:13:24] know a bit about what being an
[1:13:25] outsider and immigrant feels
[1:13:26] like to the 13 years I lived
[1:13:28] outside of the states,
[1:13:29] although other countries treat
[1:13:30] Americans much better than we
[1:13:31] treat anyone edition,
[1:13:35] different nationality. I'm
[1:13:35] ashamed of the PRESIDENT Of
[1:13:38] the Mast ice agents I see on
[1:13:39] our streets and I'm ashamed
[1:13:40] that my immigrant friends are
[1:13:43] afraid to be out in public.
[1:13:44] But last week's decision made
[1:13:47] me so proud to be key West.
[1:13:48] Our city is making
[1:13:49] international news by standing
[1:13:50] for what is right. My friends
[1:13:51] across the world have reached
[1:13:54] out to tell me that they've
[1:13:54] had about last week's decision
[1:13:58] in their media. Although I
[1:13:59] find it shameful that in
[1:14:00] America we make decisions
[1:14:01] based on the economic rather
[1:14:04] than human costs of our laws.
[1:14:05] The economic cost of this
[1:14:06] agreement have already been
[1:14:09] made clear. Certainly we're
[1:14:10] not even discussing opposing
[1:14:12] the presence of ice in our
[1:14:12] community and this needing
[1:14:13] simply whether we want local
[1:14:16] police to act as ice. Let use
[1:14:16] its own massive budget to
[1:14:20] train its own officers. Please
[1:14:20] don't cave to the attorney
[1:14:21] generals attempts to
[1:14:25] intimidate you. We support you
[1:14:26] and I hope they'll continue to
[1:14:28] make us proud by voting no to
[1:14:31] entering into it to 87 g
[1:14:32] Agreement. Joining South
[1:14:33] Manny's lawsuit and yes to
[1:14:34] extending tps for Haitian
[1:14:43] community. Thank you. And sack
[1:14:47] here safc Forward.
[1:14:47] >> And about Foster and then
[1:14:51] Elizabeth through us. Forgive
[1:14:52] me for speaking extemporaneous
[1:14:53] Lee. I thought it was signing
[1:14:58] up just to be here.
[1:14:59] >> It's true. I'm sure you can
[1:15:00] feel proud everyone is for how
[1:15:02] you voted last week you can
[1:15:02] feel it in your hearts. But I
[1:15:05] have to say the fact that we
[1:15:09] are all here today p#
[1:15:09] #
[1:15:09] #
[1:15:09] #
[1:15:09] #
[1:15:10] #
[1:15:10] you
[1:15:11] not to go full, not see is a
[1:15:12] little bit I hope everyone
[1:15:15] knows what that word means. It
[1:15:16] means reprehensible. And I
[1:15:19] know how much your jobs s#
[1:15:19] #
[1:15:20] #
[1:15:21] because I was also a political
[1:15:23] candidate. A few years ago, I
[1:15:23] ran for mayor of my hometown
[1:15:26] and skin Alice, New York. The
[1:15:26] lake was getting polluted. I
[1:15:30] stood up against homophobia
[1:15:31] and racism and they tried to
[1:15:35] run me out of town. I lost the
[1:15:36] vote. The police were
[1:15:39] weaponized against me. The ecl
[1:15:41] you gave me a lawyer's pro
[1:15:43] bono, the editorial board at
[1:15:46] the Syracuse Post champion Me.
[1:15:47] I think the first rate white
[1:15:48] guy that the aclu or give
[1:15:49] lawyers to that's have bad
[1:15:52] things are getting in the
[1:15:54] United States. But I just
[1:15:56] wanted to say if I rebound
[1:15:59] handwriting, you guys are
[1:16:00] doing the right thing. But if
[1:16:00] you're worried about losing
[1:16:02] your jobs and un is coming
[1:16:04] here, we will simply out vote.
[1:16:06] You and you will not be
[1:16:06] renewing longer anyway. You
[1:16:10] can feel how galvanize we are.
[1:16:11] And I will personally run for
[1:16:12] mayor and my parents might
[1:16:15] hear a
[1:16:18] >> I think playing pretty
[1:16:19] already.
[1:16:22] >> My parents I here in the
[1:16:24] 1970's. I was conceived here.
[1:16:27] That makes my skin my
[1:16:29] spiritual home Didi. You know
[1:16:31] me. I'm the one who
[1:16:31] interviewed you about and one
[1:16:32] is for the Oxford American
[1:16:38] icon to you, humorously as
[1:16:39] slippery in basin because
[1:16:39] you're not immune opinion and
[1:16:42] whether you hated or loved one
[1:16:43] is please keep that tongue in
[1:16:48] cheek. Journalist equip,
[1:16:49] humorous prove wrong that you
[1:16:53] will do the right thing in
[1:16:54] white. I know how much it
[1:16:54] s#
[1:16:54] #
[1:16:54] #
[1:16:55] #
[1:16:57] to fight, but you. Do.
[1:17:00] And I just moved back to
[1:17:00] Florida. Like woman said, I do
[1:17:06] not want to be to the from
[1:17:07] Florida. I don't even tell
[1:17:08] people I want to go to New
[1:17:08] York and Ali that I live
[1:17:09] Florida on the dating apps.
[1:17:12] They keep off the dating apps.
[1:17:13] But please do the right Thank
[1:17:22] you. After her best is
[1:17:26] Elizabeth. And most a leak.
[1:17:28] >> Good evening, mayor and
[1:17:29] commissioners. My name is
[1:17:30] private Foster and I'm
[1:17:33] attorney with the community
[1:17:33] Justice Project. We are at
[1:17:36] with firm in Miami and we have
[1:17:38] come to talk to you tonight in
[1:17:41] support your constituents. We
[1:17:42] have litigated on the very
[1:17:48] issues of sanctuary bands and
[1:17:50] best effort provisions in the
[1:17:54] past. We've also over the last
[1:17:55] decade represented local
[1:17:56] governments to vindicate their
[1:17:57] rights to make sure that the
[1:17:59] state is not engaging in
[1:18:02] overreach. And so in 2019,
[1:18:02] specifically, we represent the
[1:18:05] city South Miami in a federal
[1:18:06] case challenging the very
[1:18:07] provisions that are at issue
[1:18:10] today. Office has been
[1:18:12] tracking the enactment of 2 87
[1:18:15] g in the legislature. We've
[1:18:16] also been tracking its
[1:18:16] implementation across the
[1:18:18] state. It's important to make
[1:18:22] clear in hopefully this
[1:18:22] echoing of legal analysis will
[1:18:26] ring true with you all. 2.87 g
[1:18:27] agreements are not mandatory
[1:18:30] in the state. It's clear based
[1:18:31] on the plain language of the
[1:18:35] statute. Legal key west as
[1:18:37] well as any city in the state
[1:18:39] of Florida does not have an
[1:18:41] obligation to enter into this
[1:18:43] agreement. So instead, what
[1:18:45] we're seeing is the governor
[1:18:46] and the attorney general using
[1:18:47] fear and intimidation to 4
[1:18:51] cities across the state to
[1:18:52] engage in conduct that far
[1:18:53] exceeds Florida state law
[1:18:56] requirements. Nonetheless, to
[1:18:58] let you know, you are not
[1:19:01] alone. Less than half of all
[1:19:02] Florida law enforcement
[1:19:03] agencies have signed on to
[1:19:08] 2.86 to 87 g Agreement. And in
[1:19:09] fact, nationally we're seeing
[1:19:11] a vanishing number of cities
[1:19:12] fewer than 35 across the
[1:19:15] country outside the state that
[1:19:17] have taken steps to deputize
[1:19:18] their law enforcement
[1:19:21] agencies. You are not alone.
[1:19:23] Qs. We applaud this
[1:19:24] commission's clear and
[1:19:25] measured approach to the
[1:19:27] issues before you. You all
[1:19:31] have entered and resolved a
[1:19:33] thoughtful and legally sound
[1:19:36] resolution that you passed on
[1:19:37] JUNE 30th. There's nothing
[1:19:41] there that probably key West
[1:19:42] Police Department, any
[1:19:42] prohibition with federal
[1:19:45] immigration authorities there
[1:19:48] is no sanctuary policy here
[1:19:49] and there's no violation of
[1:19:53] the best efforts clause which
[1:19:54] is mischaracterized by the
[1:19:56] attorney general in his
[1:19:59] letter, what you all did is
[1:20:01] clear. It was simply a
[1:20:02] correction of the void
[1:20:03] contracts signed by the chief
[1:20:07] of police. That's all. It is
[1:20:08] our analysis, actually, that
[1:20:12] key West at this time
[1:20:13] currently sits in the
[1:20:14] strongest legal standing of
[1:20:17] any city in the state to
[1:20:18] vindicate the rights of
[1:20:20] municipalities to govern
[1:20:21] themselves as they see fit and
[1:20:25] as their constituents desire.
[1:20:26] Key West has the opportunity
[1:20:27] here to ensure that all
[1:20:37] cities. Kerry, can you call
[1:20:38] the next one. Please. Thank
[1:20:50] you. After Elizabeth is Emma
[1:20:51] and then Heather Swift Co
[1:20:53] Bathurst.
[1:20:54] >> Good evening, MADAM Mayor
[1:20:56] and the Commission. My name is
[1:20:57] Elizabeth Threes.
[1:20:59] >> I am currently a law
[1:20:59] student working over the
[1:21:01] summer on the rights of cities
[1:21:02] and participating with the
[1:21:03] 2.87 g Agreement and the
[1:21:04] impact of its implementation
[1:21:06] in our communities. I am in
[1:21:08] Miami-Dade County resident. I
[1:21:10] had the ability to drive for
[1:21:12] hours to speak. Before I
[1:21:15] speak, what I prepared, I want
[1:21:16] to take a moment to tell you
[1:21:19] what I hope you already know.
[1:21:21] You have an incredible
[1:21:23] community here. Words spoken
[1:21:25] from your constituents are so
[1:21:27] moving, you can feel the
[1:21:29] kindness, integrity and
[1:21:32] empathy of these key West
[1:21:33] residents. There's something
[1:21:34] beautiful that you all have
[1:21:34] here that I have never seen
[1:21:36] before. That should mean
[1:21:40] something to you. Service
[1:21:42] community in an era of
[1:21:43] loneliness where you have here
[1:21:43] is worth being brave and
[1:21:52] courageous for. Many of us
[1:21:53] here are deeply concerned with
[1:21:54] how far the state's executive
[1:21:55] body is willing to go in
[1:21:57] taking the rights of local
[1:21:59] authority. This executive
[1:21:59] overreach would like to
[1:22:00] determine what is in the best
[1:22:05] interest of your community.
[1:22:05] Has duly elected officials.
[1:22:07] You took an oath to faithfully
[1:22:10] perform the duties of this
[1:22:10] office with this. It is your
[1:22:13] responsibility to represent
[1:22:15] your constituents in a matter
[1:22:16] that protects and defends the
[1:22:20] autonomy of the city. With
[1:22:22] cities are not required to
[1:22:23] enter into the 2.87 g
[1:22:26] Agreement. It is a choice and
[1:22:26] one that would be in Key
[1:22:27] West's best interest to not
[1:22:30] support. There's immense power
[1:22:34] and local government. The
[1:22:34] governor and attorney general
[1:22:38] are utilizing fear tactics to
[1:22:38] force the beautiful city of
[1:22:39] Key West to enter into this
[1:22:41] agreement under duress. There
[1:22:44] are other routes available. We
[1:22:47] the people implore you to
[1:22:50] utilize any and all resources,
[1:22:50] especially the voice of your
[1:22:58] constituents. This commission
[1:22:59] is in a unique position to
[1:23:02] retain its power support the
[1:23:05] needs of the community. If you
[1:23:07] stand for nothing. What will
[1:23:09] you fall for? Thank you for
[1:23:19] our time. After Emma is
[1:23:23] Heather and then Tessa Pettit.
[1:23:25] Good evening Commissioners.
[1:23:26] Hello. My name is Emma failing
[1:23:27] and I'm a proud member of they
[1:23:30] key West Immigrant support
[1:23:30] network.
[1:23:32] >> I'm expert excerpts from a
[1:23:34] letter from the aclu of
[1:23:35] Florida. This letter was sent
[1:23:37] to all of you via e-mail
[1:23:40] yesterday, the American Civil
[1:23:42] Liberties Union, Florida is a
[1:23:43] non-partisan organization
[1:23:45] whose mission is to protect,
[1:23:46] defend, strengthen and promote
[1:23:48] the constitutional rights and
[1:23:50] liberties of all people in
[1:23:52] Florida. We write to you
[1:23:53] regarding the attorney
[1:23:55] General. James Uthmeier is
[1:23:55] correspondence to the city
[1:23:59] Commission dated JULY 2nd. The
[1:24:00] attorney general claims that
[1:24:01] the commission's JUNE 30th
[1:24:02] vote to avoid the city's
[1:24:05] existing 2.87 g Agreement with
[1:24:06] ice violates Florida statute
[1:24:08] and refers to the possibility
[1:24:10] of suspension from office as
[1:24:12] consequence. But the attorney
[1:24:13] general's arguments and threat
[1:24:16] rely on false premises. First,
[1:24:18] the attorney general claims
[1:24:19] that when a city terminates
[1:24:21] the 2 nd 87 g Agreement, the
[1:24:22] city of violates Florida's
[1:24:23] prohibition on sanctuary
[1:24:25] policies. But the plain text
[1:24:26] of the statute makes it makes
[1:24:29] no such a leap. The relevant
[1:24:30] statutes are Florida statute
[1:24:33] sections. 908, 0.1, 0, 3, and
[1:24:36] 908, 0.1, 0, 2, neither of
[1:24:37] which are violated when the
[1:24:40] city avoid the 2.87 g
[1:24:41] Agreement. Second, the
[1:24:43] attorney general asserts that
[1:24:43] Key West avoiding its 2.87 g
[1:24:44] agreement violates Florida's
[1:24:47] best efforts clause. The
[1:24:48] statute does not require
[1:24:50] cities to undertake 2.87 g
[1:24:51] agreements, nor does it
[1:24:53] prohibit them from voiding
[1:24:55] such agreements. There are
[1:24:56] numerous ways that local law
[1:24:57] enforcement agencies could
[1:24:57] comply with this obligation
[1:25:02] without. Implementing 2.87 g
[1:25:04] agreements. Additionally,
[1:25:05] Governor Ron DeSantis has no
[1:25:05] constitutional authority to
[1:25:07] suspend municipal off airs
[1:25:10] under these circumstances that
[1:25:11] that's the governor and
[1:25:12] attorney general are willfully
[1:25:15] misreading Florida law at
[1:25:16] worst, their delivery
[1:25:16] deliberately distorting it in
[1:25:17] order to bully locally
[1:25:20] elected. Officials using the
[1:25:23] threat of retaliation to be
[1:25:24] clear under Florida law. The
[1:25:25] city of Key West is not
[1:25:27] required to enter or maintain
[1:25:31] 2.87 g agreement with ice. No
[1:25:34] state or federal law requires
[1:25:35] any law enforcement agency to
[1:25:37] transform its employees into
[1:25:38] another agency's officers just
[1:25:41] to participate in an operation
[1:25:43] yet to the attorney General's
[1:25:44] Strange logic, any local
[1:25:45] government entity in Florida
[1:25:46] could be required to turn over
[1:25:48] the entirety of its law
[1:25:49] enforcement resources to
[1:25:51] federal immigration efforts.
[1:25:52] This makes no sense and it is
[1:25:55] not the law. A free state
[1:25:56] respects local officials to
[1:25:57] make choices that make sense
[1:26:00] for their communities. It does
[1:26:01] not weaponized the law to
[1:26:01] punish those who disagree
[1:26:03] with. But the political agenda
[1:26:06] of state officials, we urge
[1:26:08] you to resist authoritarian
[1:26:09] threats and to listen to the
[1:26:12] constituents who you serve.
[1:26:13] 2.87 g programs, transform
[1:26:15] local law enforcement into
[1:26:16] immigration agents and sit at
[1:26:18] the significant local cost.
[1:26:19] They also lead to illegal
[1:26:21] racial profiling. Other civil
[1:26:23] rights abuses, local officials
[1:26:24] fulfill their responsibility
[1:26:37] by thinking. After Heather's
[1:26:40] Tessa and then Erica Rose.
[1:26:42] >> How there's the about
[1:26:43] there's 14, 17 e street, 15
[1:26:46] years. Fresh water conch
[1:26:47] mother of a 2 and a half year
[1:26:49] old salt water. Calm point
[1:26:52] here in Key West Hospital. I'm
[1:26:52] meeting today op-ed written by
[1:26:56] Javier Fernandez, former state
[1:26:57] representative and current
[1:26:58] mayor of South Miami in
[1:26:59] support of the city of Key
[1:27:02] West. This week, this Key West
[1:27:04] City Commission voted 6 to one
[1:27:05] to avoid its 2.87 g Agreement
[1:27:08] with U.S. Immigration.
[1:27:10] >> And Customs Enforcement has
[1:27:12] an attorney and the mayor of
[1:27:13] South Miami who recently took
[1:27:14] the state of Florida to court
[1:27:14] over this very issue. I
[1:27:17] applaud their decision. Other
[1:27:20] local governments should take
[1:27:21] note Florida law requires
[1:27:24] local jailers to enter into
[1:27:25] 2.87 g agreements to
[1:27:25] facilitate and honor
[1:27:29] immigration detainer requests.
[1:27:29] It does not compel cities to
[1:27:31] deputize local police as
[1:27:32] immigration agents. That
[1:27:34] distinction is at the heart of
[1:27:35] the lawsuit. South Miami filed
[1:27:39] in circuit earlier this year.
[1:27:39] Key West's commission
[1:27:43] understood that distinction.
[1:27:44] The agreement, its chief of
[1:27:46] police signed in MARCH also
[1:27:46] never received community input
[1:27:49] or legislative approval by
[1:27:50] rescinding it. The city
[1:27:53] reaffirmed 2 principles,
[1:27:55] procedural transparency and
[1:27:57] community trust tourism is the
[1:28:00] lifeblood of the key pushing
[1:28:01] immigrant workers and visitors
[1:28:02] into the shadows makes
[1:28:02] everyone less safe and hurts
[1:28:06] the local economy. As mayors,
[1:28:07] we are sworn to protect all
[1:28:08] who reside and work in and
[1:28:10] visit our cities affected
[1:28:14] policing depends on trust.
[1:28:14] Victims reporting crimes.
[1:28:15] Witnesses coming forward.
[1:28:16] Parents trusting officers
[1:28:18] stationed outside schools
[1:28:19] turning local police into
[1:28:20] proxy ice agents chills that
[1:28:21] trust and undermines public
[1:28:25] safety. Key West's decision
[1:28:26] also exposes the hollowness of
[1:28:27] the do it or else threats
[1:28:29] coming from Tallahassee. If
[1:28:31] the state really wanted to a
[1:28:32] 70 to be mandatory for
[1:28:33] municipalities, it would have
[1:28:36] made it law during this year's
[1:28:37] special session. Instead,
[1:28:39] lawmakers rejected that very
[1:28:42] proposal. Q s commissioner
[1:28:42] showed courage and fidelity to
[1:28:44] the rule of law and to their
[1:28:46] constituents. South Miami
[1:28:47] stands with us in our legal
[1:28:49] challenge will continue
[1:28:50] because the rule of law and
[1:28:51] our oath office constituents
[1:28:53] should carry more weight. The
[1:28:54] political intimidation from
[1:28:56] Tallahassee. This is my
[1:28:58] personal note. Commissioners.
[1:28:59] Are up urge you to uphold the
[1:29:00] decision you made last week
[1:29:01] and postpone the resolution in
[1:29:05] front of you today. Let the
[1:29:07] courts decide in South Miami v
[1:29:09] DeSantis, we are in an
[1:29:11] incredibly fragile legal
[1:29:12] situation currently. But right
[1:29:14] now the law is on our side.
[1:29:16] Remember, we never entered
[1:29:17] into a 2.87 g agreement.
[1:29:18] Something you yourselves
[1:29:21] confirmed last week and that's
[1:29:23] have not effectively exited
[1:29:25] one either. It is an
[1:29:26] incredibly subtle this
[1:29:27] distinction, but it is also an
[1:29:30] incredibly clever one. The
[1:29:31] threats and it was Meyers
[1:29:32] letter are that's incredible.
[1:29:35] As of now that being said,
[1:29:36] voting on this agreement
[1:29:38] tonight, regardless of the way
[1:29:39] that the vote goes, moves
[1:29:41] those threats from empty to
[1:29:41] ballot. I urge you please
[1:29:42] postpone the resolution. Thank
[1:29:51] you. So test to Erica and then
[1:29:53] share the Patton. Good
[1:29:57] afternoon. And this
[1:29:58] opportunity speaking on behalf
[1:30:01] of the Florida immigrant
[1:30:02] coalition.
[1:30:04] >> And a resident of mandate
[1:30:04] and advocate for immigrants
[1:30:08] rights. Mayor and
[1:30:09] commissioners that the city of
[1:30:11] Key West first and foremost,
[1:30:11] thank you for bravery in
[1:30:16] voting. Against having a city
[1:30:16] of Key West enter into a 2.87
[1:30:19] g agreement last week. You
[1:30:20] gave hope 2 immigrants in
[1:30:22] these dark times reminding us
[1:30:23] that for some people we do
[1:30:27] matter. Know that we are
[1:30:28] grateful for you setting the
[1:30:31] example for other CDs in the
[1:30:33] state. It made a difference to
[1:30:33] me because I am to an
[1:30:37] immigrant. We're here to
[1:30:38] confirm that you are not
[1:30:41] required to sign into a 2.87
[1:30:43] g. The Florida legislature
[1:30:44] introduced making 2.87 g
[1:30:46] mandatory for local
[1:30:47] municipalities in the 2025
[1:30:48] special Legislative session.
[1:30:51] And again, during regular
[1:30:52] session. And in both times it
[1:30:54] did not pass all the efforts
[1:30:57] of the attorney general to
[1:30:58] strong arm you to go against
[1:31:02] the will of the people. Our
[1:31:02] state overreach and the use of
[1:31:05] fear and intimidation against
[1:31:06] people that the community and
[1:31:07] elected to be their voice on
[1:31:15] the dice. Back in 2012. The
[1:31:15] Department of Homeland
[1:31:16] Security cancel the task force
[1:31:20] model because it encourage
[1:31:20] racial profiling and civil
[1:31:24] rights concerns. 2.87 g do
[1:31:26] nothing more than divide
[1:31:27] communities. Create a state of
[1:31:31] fear in our communities. We
[1:31:31] immediately see a reduction in
[1:31:34] crimes being reported and
[1:31:36] increase in domestic violence
[1:31:38] increase in health issues,
[1:31:42] reduce access to health care.
[1:31:42] It destroys businesses and
[1:31:45] therefore the economy and
[1:31:46] gives the past the people to
[1:31:47] openly and shame of the
[1:31:52] exercise their racism. The
[1:31:52] immigrants in your community
[1:31:58] are not criminals. Patients.
[1:31:58] And added yesterday,
[1:32:00] Nicaraguans Hondurans and
[1:32:03] Venezuelans on tps will soon
[1:32:06] be added to the long list of
[1:32:07] targets that you will be
[1:32:08] giving to a police officers
[1:32:10] and soon enough, the
[1:32:13] naturalized citizens.
[1:32:17] Suffering from being targeted,
[1:32:18] feeling unwanted constantly,
[1:32:21] unsure about how day will end.
[1:32:23] Every police will become a
[1:32:24] hunter after them and their
[1:32:28] children. You have the people
[1:32:29] support and the Vigo right to
[1:32:32] not enter into a 2.87 g
[1:32:35] agreement in 24 hours over 420
[1:32:38] people set to your inbox
[1:32:39] letters confirming support to
[1:32:42] you? You have heard from
[1:32:46] lawyers and committee members
[1:32:46] since there are doubts on your
[1:32:47] rights and to make sure you do
[1:32:48] not pay into the state's
[1:32:51] efforts to set precedents that
[1:32:53] would allow them to every
[1:32:53] municipalities power and
[1:32:55] eventually the people's rights
[1:33:02] do not vote on this. Thank
[1:33:15] you.
[1:33:15] >> After Erica, it's Sheila
[1:33:19] Patton and then Daria would.
[1:33:23] Good morning.
[1:33:24] >> I've been living and
[1:33:25] working Key West for about 7
[1:33:26] years now and at the
[1:33:27] philosophy of one human
[1:33:29] family. 2 years ago, I stood
[1:33:33] in this spot when the city was
[1:33:34] going to pass a resolution
[1:33:36] defending our cities tracked
[1:33:38] cleans trans neighbors and
[1:33:42] clear citizens. I asked the
[1:33:42] question, what is the city
[1:33:44] going to do? What action are
[1:33:45] they going to take? Because
[1:33:50] words are cheap. Vice mayor
[1:33:51] cough and listen to me and
[1:33:53] address those concerns. One of
[1:33:56] our commissioners blamed their
[1:33:57] constituents to just lay down
[1:34:00] and let DeSantis walk over us.
[1:34:02] Some know me as Michael but
[1:34:05] globally on known as Erica
[1:34:06] Rose, the Drag Queen who ran
[1:34:08] for your state representative
[1:34:10] last year under the platform
[1:34:11] of human rights and homer,
[1:34:17] all. And here we are facing a
[1:34:19] situation that endangers both.
[1:34:21] I was unable to attend last
[1:34:23] week's meeting because living
[1:34:24] in Key West, you have to work
[1:34:28] 3 full time But there are few
[1:34:29] things I wanted to say. Some
[1:34:30] of them you MAY have already
[1:34:34] heard deserve to hear again.
[1:34:35] There's a difference between
[1:34:36] standing aside and letting the
[1:34:38] federal law enforcement do
[1:34:38] their job and actively
[1:34:41] standing in their way. We are
[1:34:43] not a sanctuary city. A
[1:34:46] resident is caught allegedly
[1:34:48] committing a crime, they go
[1:34:50] through the court system. If
[1:34:53] they are found guilty and then
[1:34:56] it has discovered they are
[1:34:57] undocumented. We hand them
[1:34:57] over to the appropriate
[1:34:58] authorities to let them be
[1:35:01] deported. However, entering
[1:35:03] the country on documented as
[1:35:07] not a crime. It is that of a
[1:35:07] civil offense. Very much
[1:35:10] similar to a parking ticket
[1:35:11] and you generally don't get a
[1:35:14] rested for a parking ticket.
[1:35:16] However, racial profiling is
[1:35:19] illegal and unethical. The
[1:35:20] kidnapping and trafficking of
[1:35:24] our citizens. Regardless of
[1:35:25] their immigration status
[1:35:27] without being proven guilty of
[1:35:28] a crime, it's also illegal and
[1:35:30] against City resolution. 17
[1:35:34] Dash one, 50. Florida Senate
[1:35:35] bill 4 see passed earlier this
[1:35:38] year. Would make entering our
[1:35:41] state undocumented a crime.
[1:35:42] However, that is currently
[1:35:46] being blocked by federal.
[1:35:47] Judges and attorney general.
[1:35:48] Meyer has been found in
[1:35:48] contempt for filing this
[1:35:52] ruling. The defense of the
[1:35:54] Nuremberg defense or I was
[1:35:55] just following orders is shaky
[1:35:57] at best and dangerous at
[1:35:59] worst. Trump will not stay in
[1:36:01] office for ever and neither
[1:36:03] will DeSantis when they're
[1:36:04] asked writing the history
[1:36:05] books I ask, How do you want
[1:36:08] to be remembered? So
[1:36:08] personally, I tell you, please
[1:36:10] reject this resolution
[1:36:12] professionally. I say postpone
[1:36:13] it and see what the courts
[1:36:17] have to say. As a community.
[1:36:19] And as a culture, it doesn't
[1:36:19] belong in our streets belongs
[1:36:33] in our cocktails.
[1:36:34] >> Shana Daria and Mark
[1:36:37] Watson. MADAM Mayor and
[1:36:40] commissioners, thank you so
[1:36:41] much. My name is Sheila and I
[1:36:41] have luckily called que home
[1:36:44] for most of my life. I sat in
[1:36:46] this meeting last week
[1:36:47] completely in all and inspired
[1:36:48] by everyone who spoke. And
[1:36:49] although this kind of thing
[1:36:50] really terrifies me, what
[1:36:51] scares me more is the blind
[1:36:52] eye that people are willing to
[1:36:54] turn about this very real
[1:36:56] issue. More than that actually
[1:36:56] have watched as people
[1:36:58] gleefully cheered the
[1:37:00] kidnapping of people by masked
[1:37:01] men, many of whom refused to
[1:37:02] identify themselves. People's
[1:37:03] rights being stripped away as
[1:37:04] if that could mean any of us
[1:37:06] are next. I've read all of
[1:37:08] these violent and hateful
[1:37:09] comments on our local Facebook
[1:37:10] page is people literally
[1:37:11] talking about running folks
[1:37:12] over in their trucks and
[1:37:13] assaulting women and some of
[1:37:15] the worst things that I have
[1:37:16] ever seen and holla can think
[1:37:17] of is that that is not the
[1:37:19] spirit of Key West. And while
[1:37:20] they hide behind keyboards to
[1:37:22] spew their vitriol, those of
[1:37:23] us with love and hope and
[1:37:24] bravery in our hearts are here
[1:37:24] in this room right now
[1:37:28] fighting for its right. And
[1:37:29] this is the spirit of to us.
[1:37:30] This is one human family. How
[1:37:32] many of us are in Qs because
[1:37:34] we are lucky enough to have
[1:37:36] family members who were
[1:37:36] immigrants themselves,
[1:37:38] including myself. I was not
[1:37:41] born here. I was brought here
[1:37:42] as a kid. I was raised by my
[1:37:43] uncle who was a Cuban
[1:37:45] immigrant. His family fled
[1:37:46] Cuba in the 50's to build a
[1:37:47] life here in South Florida.
[1:37:49] And luckily for me here in
[1:37:52] West, I remember sitting in
[1:37:54] classic U.S. High school
[1:37:55] learning of all the atrocities
[1:37:55] of World War, 2 asking myself
[1:37:57] how people could possibly
[1:37:58] stand by and do nothing while
[1:38:00] their neighbors and loved ones
[1:38:01] and their friends were taken.
[1:38:02] And I see it happening in real
[1:38:03] time and I refuse to be
[1:38:05] silent. Our key West High
[1:38:06] school mascot, cheesy as this
[1:38:07] might sound is the fighting
[1:38:08] Kong. Right now I feel like
[1:38:10] all of us need to channel that
[1:38:11] fighting and fight for what we
[1:38:12] know in our hearts to be
[1:38:14] right. I've also spent the
[1:38:15] last 3 years working for a
[1:38:17] local tour company taking
[1:38:18] immense pride in the culture
[1:38:19] of this island. And really
[1:38:20] deeply into the entire history
[1:38:23] of que estan discovering how
[1:38:23] crucial the immigrant
[1:38:24] immigrant community has been
[1:38:26] in shaping island, the
[1:38:27] resilience and vibrancy of
[1:38:29] this island would not exist
[1:38:31] without immigrants. There is a
[1:38:32] minority group here in Key
[1:38:33] West that is possibly making
[1:38:35] the island a little bit worse
[1:38:36] for wear because none of us
[1:38:38] can afford to live here. But
[1:38:40] those entirely different
[1:38:41] discussion. I know that it's
[1:38:42] scary to stand up to this
[1:38:43] increasingly fascist
[1:38:44] administration, but we all
[1:38:45] know that they are on the
[1:38:47] wrong side of history already.
[1:38:48] It's often these little
[1:38:49] pockets of resistance that
[1:38:50] gives strength to the hole and
[1:38:52] we cannot back down now. So
[1:38:52] urge you not to be coward
[1:38:55] cowed by these heartless
[1:38:56] police. We can't passions. And
[1:38:57] when we have a chance to
[1:38:58] inspire even more cities to
[1:38:59] stand up and do what's right
[1:39:10] Thank you very much. After
[1:39:11] Daria is Mark and then Jeffrey
[1:39:17] Segal.
[1:39:19] >> MADAM Mayor Commissioners,
[1:39:21] neighbors, friends as a
[1:39:21] privilege to stand here today
[1:39:22] as we work together to make
[1:39:23] our city a better place. You
[1:39:24] know, given me hope that we
[1:39:25] really can make a difference.
[1:39:26] And for now, at least we still
[1:39:29] have a voice. What concerns me
[1:39:31] is that our leaders and
[1:39:31] Tallahassee are trying to take
[1:39:32] up a ways away and yet somehow
[1:39:35] plan that we are free. And
[1:39:37] agreement by definition, some
[1:39:37] very site is a negotiation
[1:39:38] between 2 parties to come
[1:39:39] together in a harmonious
[1:39:43] arrangement, decided by both
[1:39:44] sides cheaper was told and
[1:39:45] sincerely believe that this
[1:39:46] was mandatory and that he
[1:39:47] could lose his job he didn't
[1:39:48] sign it. What we were entered
[1:39:51] into was a coercion thinly
[1:39:51] veiled as an agreement and
[1:39:54] built upon fear and threats
[1:39:55] choosing to not only tolerate
[1:39:56] but enable those who abuse
[1:39:56] their elected power to
[1:39:58] threaten us, threaten your
[1:40:00] jobs, threaten to withhold
[1:40:01] funding. That's a corruption
[1:40:02] and abuse of power for That's
[1:40:03] how we turned a blind eye to
[1:40:06] bullies. That's how fear grows
[1:40:07] the privilege of living in
[1:40:08] this great city because of my
[1:40:08] dad who served in the Navy
[1:40:12] here during Vietnam. My dad
[1:40:13] loved his country and his
[1:40:13] neighbors. He was a man of
[1:40:14] faith who was kind to
[1:40:15] everyone. And one thing he
[1:40:16] always told my brothers and me
[1:40:20] fear is the opposite of love.
[1:40:20] When we make decisions out of
[1:40:21] fear, we leave ourselves a
[1:40:23] stray from our higher calling
[1:40:25] this world a calling to be
[1:40:25] brave and just and honorable
[1:40:26] to be the best versions of
[1:40:30] ourselves. I understand that
[1:40:31] you're under immense pressure
[1:40:31] and that people are trying to
[1:40:32] politicize this issue so they
[1:40:34] can manipulate it to serve
[1:40:36] their agendas. Do not going to
[1:40:37] did this is not about
[1:40:38] politics. And we saw last week
[1:40:39] has business owner set up and
[1:40:41] explained how is affecting all
[1:40:43] of a simple financial
[1:40:45] logistics alone. This is about
[1:40:46] taking our hard working police
[1:40:46] force and turning them into
[1:40:47] puppets for department that
[1:40:48] already has their own funding
[1:40:49] and manpower. It's putting
[1:40:50] them in an unfair position
[1:40:52] with their community, taking
[1:40:53] them away from valuable time
[1:40:54] protecting and serving and
[1:40:55] forcing us to put a foot. The
[1:40:59] if I'm not mistaken, the House
[1:41:00] just passed a big beautiful
[1:41:01] bill to triple funding for
[1:41:02] immigration and custom.
[1:41:03] Important for cement. If I'm
[1:41:04] not mistaken, that funding
[1:41:06] totals around 100 billion
[1:41:10] dollars. All said so why do we
[1:41:12] need to do their jobs for
[1:41:13] them? Exactly. Why are we
[1:41:13] being threatened? I'll tell
[1:41:16] you why. Peak Hawking power
[1:41:17] wielding bullying, trying to
[1:41:20] take away your rights as a
[1:41:21] governing body and send us the
[1:41:22] message. You don't have a
[1:41:22] choice in matters of defense
[1:41:25] in your own city. A mandatory
[1:41:25] agreement that's literally an
[1:41:29] oxymoron. Silencing overriding
[1:41:31] and coercion. That's not
[1:41:32] democracy. Commissioners,
[1:41:34] that's not democracy. That's
[1:41:35] dictatorship. Ice is going to
[1:41:36] continue about their mask
[1:41:37] mission without
[1:41:38] accountability. Transparency,
[1:41:39] Art Harris, to due process,
[1:41:40] you might be tempted to go to
[1:41:42] the attorney general's threats
[1:41:43] because they do. They want to
[1:41:45] financially penalize us. But
[1:41:46] are we already being
[1:41:47] financially penalize if we pay
[1:41:49] for their work? They want to
[1:41:50] fire you, but they didn't hire
[1:41:53] you. We did. We are standing
[1:41:55] behind you. I chose last week
[1:41:56] when Commissioner Leon's
[1:41:56] moment of bravery is former
[1:41:58] chief and current
[1:41:59] commissioner. His decision to
[1:42:00] fall for what he felt his
[1:42:01] heart was right. Even though
[1:42:02] it was hard inspired all of
[1:42:04] us. So then at threats, I will
[1:42:06] happily pay more taxes. If
[1:42:07] that means I can go to sleep
[1:42:07] at night with a clear
[1:42:08] conscience. Knowing that I
[1:42:10] made my decisions logic and
[1:42:13] fairness and honor and love,
[1:42:14] not fear. Thank you for
[1:42:15] continuing to defend us and
[1:42:16] our police and for making your
[1:42:27] decisions today. After Mark is
[1:42:31] Jeff and then Angela Hankins.
[1:42:34] >> Now mayor commissioners. We
[1:42:34] have to stop meeting like
[1:42:38] this. Come to my bar. I'd
[1:42:39] rather see you there of
[1:42:43] waiting on some of the before
[1:42:45] the world's in chaos right
[1:42:46] now. Every day I wake up and I
[1:42:46] try to find some shred of good
[1:42:51] in my fellow humans. Being a
[1:42:52] bartender in a tourist town,
[1:42:52] you can imagine just how
[1:42:55] daunting a task that is when
[1:42:56] you deal with trunks all day
[1:42:58] long. But last week you did
[1:43:02] something good. You did
[1:43:03] something brace. You gave us
[1:43:04] hope a light at the end of the
[1:43:09] tunnel. If you can go back on
[1:43:10] that, you're going to destroy
[1:43:12] the island's economy. It's
[1:43:12] Morales, humanity. We went
[1:43:14] over this last week and that's
[1:43:17] what this is. It's humanity.
[1:43:19] Get rid of the political. This
[1:43:20] is not about being a Democrat.
[1:43:22] This is not about being
[1:43:23] Republican. This is good
[1:43:24] versus bad. This is right
[1:43:26] versus wrong. It's the golden
[1:43:28] roles. It's being human. It's
[1:43:31] having compassion. And
[1:43:32] speaking of compassion,
[1:43:33] something I didn't get to last
[1:43:34] week have a lot of compassion
[1:43:35] for the key West Police
[1:43:36] Department. I have a lot of
[1:43:47] compassion. Compassion. I have
[1:43:48] for them. I don't want them
[1:43:51] brought into this. They
[1:43:51] deserve better. We deserve
[1:43:53] better. It's a hollow report.
[1:43:54] Stealing not recognizing your
[1:43:57] country down right now. Don't
[1:43:59] make it a hard feeling. Not
[1:44:00] recognizing the town you call
[1:44:02] home and the town that you
[1:44:03] live. Good people ready stand
[1:44:15] up to bullies. After Jeff is
[1:44:19] Angela and then Ricky Arnold.
[1:44:20] Jeffs Eagleson 27 Washington
[1:44:22] street. I'm representing
[1:44:24] myself tonight last week at
[1:44:26] the meeting I rewatched
[1:44:27] witness something that I think
[1:44:28] was one of the best things
[1:44:29] I've ever seen in local
[1:44:31] government. And I don't mean
[1:44:31] to make feel uncomfortable
[1:44:34] that a bit. Commissioner Lee
[1:44:35] came in to that meeting and
[1:44:37] said you know, I felt I was
[1:44:39] going to vote a certain way.
[1:44:41] But and he mentioned heart
[1:44:44] multiple times that his heart
[1:44:47] was swayed by this community.
[1:44:50] That is the basis of democracy
[1:44:51] that works. And then he
[1:44:52] switched his vote because of
[1:44:54] that. We found a commissioner
[1:44:56] who who found his heart and in
[1:44:57] all sincerity, I think was the
[1:45:01] best thing I've ever seen.
[1:45:01] Similarly. And the mayor and I
[1:45:03] disagree on variety of issues.
[1:45:05] But she demonstrated the
[1:45:06] ability to demonstrate courage
[1:45:09] last week and I and and I
[1:45:10] would get on the highest
[1:45:11] mountain proclaim that. So we
[1:45:17] had a commissioner, the foun.
[1:45:17] Found his heart be found at a
[1:45:18] member of the found their
[1:45:22] courage in this Wizard of Oz
[1:45:24] Moment. What we need to find
[1:45:26] this week is wisdom and the
[1:45:28] wisdom that we need to realize
[1:45:31] is that you did not void the
[1:45:32] agreement last week as was
[1:45:33] reported by the press in so
[1:45:34] many places as worries
[1:45:36] reported by the attorney
[1:45:38] general. You did not avoid it
[1:45:41] as You found it voided you
[1:45:43] founded void as an adjective,
[1:45:45] which means that it never
[1:45:47] existed. We are in the exact
[1:45:51] same spot as South Miami. And
[1:45:51] we really can't vote you if
[1:45:54] you vote up to if you vote to
[1:45:57] approve first agenda item,
[1:45:57] you're going to create a lot
[1:46:01] of hate here because no one
[1:46:02] wants this. If you vote no on
[1:46:03] it because of the way it's
[1:46:04] worded. You're putting your
[1:46:07] your own seats in jeopardy. We
[1:46:08] don't want you to do that
[1:46:11] either. What we want you to do
[1:46:12] is postponed this Let's wait
[1:46:14] and use some wisdom. Find out
[1:46:16] what happens with South Miami.
[1:46:19] So again, the thing to do is
[1:46:21] right before you vote, please.
[1:46:23] 3 times. Click your heels
[1:46:25] together say there's no place
[1:46:26] like home and vote to postpone
[1:46:36] Thank you. After Angela is
[1:46:41] Ricky and then Lori Kelly.
[1:46:42] Joining all the other folks
[1:46:45] who did this scared. So.
[1:46:45] >> Good evening. Mayor
[1:46:48] commissioners and staff. My
[1:46:50] name is Angela Hankins Service
[1:46:50] community as an educator for
[1:46:54] over 20 years in the
[1:46:54] classroom. I teach students to
[1:46:56] think critically to listen.
[1:46:58] Respectfully and to engage in
[1:47:01] dialogue even when it's hard.
[1:47:01] Because that's how democracy
[1:47:05] works. That's how we solve
[1:47:06] problems. That's how we grow
[1:47:10] stronger as a community. What
[1:47:11] we're witnessing now in
[1:47:13] response to your decision to
[1:47:15] avoid participation void,
[1:47:16] adjective physician
[1:47:18] participation and 2.87 g is
[1:47:22] not democracy. Its bullying.
[1:47:22] And as an educator, I know
[1:47:24] bullying when I see it, the
[1:47:25] threats and intimidation
[1:47:26] coming from the governor and
[1:47:28] the attorney general are
[1:47:29] designed not to foster
[1:47:34] dialogue but to silence it.
[1:47:35] They're attempting to punish
[1:47:35] this body for engaging in a
[1:47:37] very kind of public discourse
[1:47:40] that democracy demands. I want
[1:47:41] to thank you for your original
[1:47:44] decision. By avoiding that
[1:47:45] agreement to participate in
[1:47:48] the 2.87 g program was a
[1:47:50] lawful valujet and choice that
[1:47:52] reflected a commitment to
[1:47:52] local control and public
[1:47:54] safety. I believe our
[1:47:57] neighbors and local business
[1:47:58] owners, the people who spoke
[1:48:02] last week. They highlighted
[1:48:02] how this program has
[1:48:04] contributed to racial
[1:48:07] profiling, unjust detentions
[1:48:08] and a breakdown of the trust
[1:48:08] between immigrant communities
[1:48:12] and law enforcement. You stood
[1:48:13] up to the people who live and
[1:48:15] work here and you did so
[1:48:16] within the full scope of your
[1:48:18] legal authority. But police
[1:48:20] don't care about law or
[1:48:23] nuance. They care about
[1:48:24] control. And right now the
[1:48:27] pressure you're facing is not
[1:48:30] just about immigration policy.
[1:48:31] It is also about whether
[1:48:32] locally elected officials will
[1:48:33] be allowed to make decisions
[1:48:35] for their own communities
[1:48:36] without being threatened or
[1:48:41] silenced. If that precedent is
[1:48:42] set the damage to democracy
[1:48:47] won't stop here. This
[1:48:48] commission has the support of
[1:48:49] the people. If Key West and a
[1:48:50] dedicated team of pro bono,
[1:48:51] legal advocates ready to
[1:48:54] defend your First Amendment
[1:48:54] rights and your authority
[1:48:56] under the law. You do not
[1:48:58] stand alone. Your constituents
[1:49:01] are asking you, please do not
[1:49:04] see your authority as locally
[1:49:08] elected officials. And finally
[1:49:10] and my work. We tell our
[1:49:11] students that healthy
[1:49:12] democracy relies on reasoned
[1:49:15] debate, not coercion. On
[1:49:18] courage, not fear. So I urge
[1:49:19] you to hold the line to show
[1:49:22] our young people and the
[1:49:24] entire state that in Key West,
[1:49:26] we believe and to mock the
[1:49:28] Democratic process. And we do
[1:49:28] not allow police to govern
[1:49:32] with fear. Please post on this
[1:49:34] item and allow the courts.
[1:49:36] Thank you for your time. Your
[1:49:46] leadership and your integrity
[1:49:48] so after Ricky, we have Lori
[1:49:51] and then Lola Cook. Was a
[1:49:52] timer. It's on the lectern to
[1:49:53] see the order to get that.
[1:49:58] Good. Rookie Arnold. 4 Bay
[1:50:02] Drive q a I'm here to. Tell
[1:50:06] ya, I come. From here. I'm 5
[1:50:07] generations. I married to
[1:50:08] wife.
[1:50:09] >> There has come from
[1:50:13] communism. I want to go
[1:50:15] through the citizenship
[1:50:16] process becoming U.S. Citizen.
[1:50:16] I've watched her family come
[1:50:18] over and vote been with her
[1:50:19] watched you. Her family come
[1:50:21] over the border. I've watched
[1:50:23] the one from both have to a
[1:50:24] setback. Not sure where sister
[1:50:27] is gone. The problem, I think
[1:50:28] the key West is facing as a
[1:50:31] whole. Is we have a lot of
[1:50:34] rare e very good aggressive.
[1:50:37] Come here even to America as a
[1:50:37] whole. There's a lot of
[1:50:40] hardworking people. And I take
[1:50:44] nothing from. To get up to
[1:50:45] work hard every day to take
[1:50:45] because it's cooler to do
[1:50:47] everything supposed to do. My
[1:50:50] problem comes in. Is when I
[1:50:52] see New York and California
[1:50:53] and I see these other blue
[1:50:55] states. That if we listen and
[1:51:00] I'm not going to try not to
[1:51:01] There's a lot of people in
[1:51:03] this room that have come from
[1:51:03] other states. The reason
[1:51:06] they're coming here. It's
[1:51:06] because we have control of our
[1:51:11] island. The moment this island
[1:51:15] becomes a sanctuary state. We
[1:51:16] won't be having to be have
[1:51:17] safe. Think we are going to
[1:51:18] have to try and figure out how
[1:51:19] to protect the very people
[1:51:21] that are in here defending
[1:51:21] people that are here when the
[1:51:26] bad ones come. I'm saying.
[1:51:28] Sign it back of the federal
[1:51:28] government. And let's figure
[1:51:30] out a way to fight and have
[1:51:31] the immigration corrected. But
[1:51:33] as for now, we need to protect
[1:51:36] home. First. And then help
[1:51:38] with immigration law. Second.
[1:51:48] We come first. After Lori is
[1:51:59] Lola and then Julie Hill.
[1:51:59] >> I'm Lauren Kelly and I'm
[1:52:02] here as a member of the Key
[1:52:03] West Immigrant coalition and
[1:52:05] the Immigrant Support Network.
[1:52:09] And just because I love this
[1:52:10] island.
[1:52:11] >> And I gotta say I am
[1:52:13] surprisingly in agreement with
[1:52:14] MR. Arnold.
[1:52:15] >> I think he's right. We need
[1:52:17] to protect our island first
[1:52:17] and deal with immigration.
[1:52:22] Second. So I would like you
[1:52:25] listen my beginning statement,
[1:52:27] which is a quote from an
[1:52:31] auspicious age who once said
[1:52:34] slow down this ain't the
[1:52:37] >> Last week you took a stand
[1:52:40] to support our police chief by
[1:52:43] agreeing to submit the 2.87
[1:52:45] agreement to your thorough
[1:52:47] review to ensure that the
[1:52:49] police officers can continue
[1:52:53] to keep our community safe.
[1:52:54] Without exposing him to extra
[1:52:59] costs or liability. When faced
[1:52:59] with an immediate threat from
[1:53:01] the state officials.
[1:53:02] Understand why the mayor
[1:53:05] called this meeting and she
[1:53:05] acted quickly to bring this
[1:53:08] item to the commission. And we
[1:53:10] appreciate that. You're
[1:53:11] allowing us to deliberate this
[1:53:12] together. We want you to
[1:53:15] protect us. But thankfully
[1:53:18] your decision last week allows
[1:53:22] us to work at our island pace
[1:53:24] and avoid rushing this
[1:53:25] decision. You've given a
[1:53:28] strong legal back up for
[1:53:33] postponing item. One. Wow.
[1:53:35] Approving items too, which
[1:53:38] give us the backup of kind of
[1:53:41] hiding behind South Miami to
[1:53:44] wait and see what the
[1:53:47] legislation and the judiciary
[1:53:50] decide. And then we can also
[1:53:55] agree on item 3. Which is just
[1:53:57] simply to support the
[1:53:57] extension that is already on
[1:53:58] the books going through the
[1:54:03] courts for Haitian tps. I
[1:54:04] would encourage you to just
[1:54:07] slow this down a bit for 2
[1:54:09] reasons. We can avoid
[1:54:12] significant litigation costs.
[1:54:13] Administration has made the
[1:54:14] claim that ice agents do not
[1:54:17] need to follow due process.
[1:54:18] But this claim not been
[1:54:22] settled in court and directing
[1:54:23] our Key West pd officers to
[1:54:25] participate in actions like
[1:54:27] that leaves us open to
[1:54:30] judgments like the 2018 Peter
[1:54:32] Brown case when Monroe County
[1:54:35] paid out hundreds of thousands
[1:54:36] of dollars in fines for
[1:54:37] improperly detaining one
[1:54:41] person. So the people who
[1:54:44] litigated that case, Natalia
[1:54:46] Duke, the PRESIDENT Took
[1:54:48] immigration. The aclu, both of
[1:54:52] them have given new statements
[1:54:53] that gives you a clear path to
[1:54:57] avoid this in the future. The
[1:54:57] second is that when you took
[1:54:59] the time to move it, Island
[1:55:12] pace, you allow us.
[1:55:13] >> So after Lolo, we have
[1:55:14] Julie Hill and then Maggie
[1:55:18] would Good evening.
[1:55:20] >> My name is Lola Cook. And
[1:55:21] today I'm speaking for myself
[1:55:22] as well as on behalf of my
[1:55:23] mother, Sarah Compton, a local
[1:55:25] business owner who couldn't be
[1:55:27] here tonight. We reside in our
[1:55:28] register to vote in 19, 0, 1,
[1:55:30] South Roosevelt Boulevard. I'm
[1:55:32] speaking today with urgency
[1:55:33] and heartbreak because I know
[1:55:35] why we're here. And I know
[1:55:38] what you think you have to do.
[1:55:39] A few days ago, this
[1:55:40] commission made a brave and
[1:55:42] morally sound decision. You
[1:55:44] voted to end a voluntary
[1:55:45] agreement that made our police
[1:55:45] department part of the fear
[1:55:48] driven machinery of ice. You
[1:55:48] did that knowing the attorney
[1:55:50] general would come after you.
[1:55:54] And now here we are. I want to
[1:55:54] remind everyone in this room
[1:55:56] that what you did was not
[1:55:58] illegal. You are not violating
[1:56:00] the law. You are not declaring
[1:56:02] a sanctuary city. You simply
[1:56:05] chose not to voluntarily
[1:56:06] participate in a program that
[1:56:06] has led to people being taken
[1:56:09] from their jobs off our
[1:56:11] streets and disappearing.
[1:56:13] People who have done nothing
[1:56:15] wrong. Many of whom are
[1:56:17] working through legal
[1:56:18] immigration channels. You did.
[1:56:18] What Key West has always
[1:56:20] claimed to do you protected
[1:56:23] your people? And because of
[1:56:25] that, you're being threatened
[1:56:28] with removal with punishment,
[1:56:29] with political violence
[1:56:30] disguised as legal
[1:56:31] consequence. Let's call it
[1:56:35] what it is. Intimidation. And
[1:56:36] if it works, if you back down
[1:56:37] now than the message that you
[1:56:39] send to your community is this
[1:56:40] when the state comes for you?
[1:56:45] We'll let them. And I got it.
[1:56:46] You're tired. You've been
[1:56:47] through h#
[1:56:47] #
[1:56:47] #
[1:56:49] with internal
[1:56:50] investigations. Indictments,
[1:56:51] power, struggles. Maybe you're
[1:56:52] wondering if you have anything
[1:56:54] left to fight with, but I'm
[1:56:55] here to tell you this is the
[1:56:58] fight worth having. If you're
[1:57:00] going to spend political
[1:57:01] capital spending on protecting
[1:57:01] the people who live and work
[1:57:03] in this community, if you're
[1:57:04] going to stand for something,
[1:57:07] let it be for dignity. Not
[1:57:08] compliance. Let it be for
[1:57:09] humanity, not political
[1:57:12] safety. You gave this
[1:57:13] community something we haven't
[1:57:17] had a long time. And if you
[1:57:18] undo that boat now you don't
[1:57:19] just a policy you undo that
[1:57:23] hope. You proved to the state
[1:57:23] that a little pressure is all
[1:57:25] it takes to crack key west.
[1:57:27] But if you stand firm, you
[1:57:29] send a different message that
[1:57:31] we are not afraid of. Police,
[1:57:34] that we are not pawns and that
[1:57:35] this commission will not be
[1:57:36] used to prop up an
[1:57:37] authoritarian governor's
[1:57:39] agenda, fear and division.
[1:57:40] Stand up, only want to see z
[1:57:41] and it's not a stand at all.
[1:57:44] It's just survival. What you
[1:57:46] did last week was bold. It was
[1:57:48] rare and it was good. Please
[1:57:51] don't undo it. Now, don't
[1:57:53] trade courage for comfort. The
[1:57:55] leaders we hope to wear key
[1:57:57] West. The state needs to see
[1:58:11] and be the line that doesn't
[1:58:12] After Julie is Maggie and then
[1:58:16] hurts us.
[1:58:17] >> Hi, my name is Julie. Houma
[1:58:17] resident, a key I want to
[1:58:20] sincerely thank you.
[1:58:21] >> For the decision you made
[1:58:24] on JUNE 30 s we recognize the
[1:58:26] immense pressure you face and
[1:58:26] the serious threats directed
[1:58:30] at you. Your courage in that
[1:58:31] moment did not go unnoticed.
[1:58:31] And we are here to support
[1:58:36] you. We are urging you once
[1:58:37] again not to allow our police
[1:58:38] department to enter any
[1:58:40] partnership with ice. We do
[1:58:42] not want or local law
[1:58:43] enforcement aligned with
[1:58:43] federal immigration
[1:58:46] enforcement. The choice you
[1:58:46] make now will define your
[1:58:51] leadership. If you give in to
[1:58:52] the governor's pressure, you
[1:58:53] turn away from the very people
[1:58:54] who elected you are pleading
[1:58:55] with you not to take this
[1:58:59] pass. The nation is watching.
[1:59:00] This is a crucial moment for
[1:59:03] both principal leadership. We
[1:59:07] want you to be brave. I urge
[1:59:07] you to stand up and meet this
[1:59:09] moment with decisive legal
[1:59:12] action. We have the right to
[1:59:12] self-govern without fear of
[1:59:16] intimidation. And while the
[1:59:17] governor MAY be applying
[1:59:19] pressure, I ask you to remain
[1:59:21] steadfast. This is not just a
[1:59:23] local issue. It's part of a
[1:59:24] much larger pattern of
[1:59:26] overreach. Communities across
[1:59:30] the country are facing. You
[1:59:31] have the opportunity to lead
[1:59:31] with strength, integrity and
[1:59:35] courage. The decision you make
[1:59:38] today will have real economic
[1:59:39] consequences. People across
[1:59:42] the country in the world are
[1:59:43] already reconsidering travel
[1:59:46] to Florida due to harmful and
[1:59:47] dangerous policies. But you
[1:59:48] have the power to show them
[1:59:50] that we don't bow to unlawful
[1:59:53] threats that we stand up for.
[1:59:54] What's right. That's the key
[1:59:54] West. We want the world to
[2:00:00] see. I police support first
[2:00:02] extending tps for a Haitian
[2:00:03] community. It pains me deeply
[2:00:07] that we have to have to frame
[2:00:08] this conversation in terms of
[2:00:08] numbers to justify the
[2:00:12] protection of human lives.
[2:00:13] Still, if you must talk in
[2:00:14] terms impact, the data is
[2:00:17] clear in 2022 Haitian tps
[2:00:19] holders and those eligible
[2:00:20] from the program contributed
[2:00:22] estimated 222, but I'm sorry.
[2:00:25] 22 billion in wages to the
[2:00:28] U.S. Economy. They filled over
[2:00:30] 600,000 jobs. Many of them in
[2:00:31] industries are already
[2:00:32] struggling with labor
[2:00:34] shortages in key West. We
[2:00:35] simply cannot afford to lose
[2:00:37] this hardworking and the vital
[2:00:39] work force. But beyond the
[2:00:40] economic argument, it's
[2:00:43] something far more important.
[2:00:45] Human reality, he still
[2:00:47] remains under us travel
[2:00:49] advisory due to extreme an
[2:00:51] ongoing instability. Those
[2:00:51] returned to Haiti face not
[2:00:54] only economic collapse and a
[2:00:55] humanitarian crisis, but also
[2:00:57] widespread gang violence,
[2:00:58] including the terrifying
[2:01:00] threat of rape and
[2:01:02] persecution. Protecting
[2:01:03] Haitian tps holders isn't just
[2:01:05] the right thing to do
[2:01:06] economically. It's the moral
[2:01:14] thing to do. Thank you.
[2:01:16] Banking is Maggie here. It
[2:01:21] will go. Yeah. Okay. That's
[2:01:26] fun. And then Stacy Stall. I'm
[2:01:26] so proud of everybody in this
[2:01:30] room tonight. Good evening.
[2:01:33] Commissioners and city staff.
[2:01:37] I want to thank you for
[2:01:38] providing the documents on the
[2:01:40] city's website regarding the
[2:01:40] 2.87 g agreements. I've been
[2:01:43] doing some reading.
[2:01:44] >> I also want to thank you
[2:01:46] for listening to your
[2:01:47] constituents and boarding the
[2:01:51] agreement at our last meeting.
[2:01:52] However, I think you're wrong
[2:01:53] to consider to reconsider. And
[2:01:57] here is why. What kind of
[2:01:59] state to we live in where a
[2:02:00] governor and his attorney
[2:02:01] general who's in contempt of
[2:02:02] court, by the way, think they
[2:02:06] have the right to threaten us.
[2:02:07] With facts that are not really
[2:02:13] that impressive. If even true,
[2:02:14] anyone who checks out the
[2:02:15] sheriff's office arrest log
[2:02:16] everyday knows that we have
[2:02:16] citizens of our own that are
[2:02:22] doing the same thing. We still
[2:02:22] live in one of the safest
[2:02:26] counties in the state. On top
[2:02:27] of that, they expect us to
[2:02:31] trust a man who continues to
[2:02:32] pass laws that strip people of
[2:02:32] their rights and the courts
[2:02:35] have to remind him they are
[2:02:36] unconstitutional and shut them
[2:02:41] down. And he's a lawyer. We
[2:02:42] should have known what to
[2:02:43] expect from a former jag
[2:02:46] officer at who was somewhat
[2:02:47] Lucy Goose see with the Geneva
[2:02:51] Convention. Is immigration
[2:02:55] policy broken? Yes, but that
[2:02:57] blame rests on the federal
[2:02:58] government who refuses to fix
[2:02:58] it. And the donors who own
[2:03:02] them. Let's get real. So now
[2:03:06] we're being asked or coerced
[2:03:08] to help with a policy that is
[2:03:08] cruel on American racist and
[2:03:10] wrong-headed. At some point,
[2:03:13] the governed. Need to stand up
[2:03:16] and say no. They don't really
[2:03:20] need our help. They're
[2:03:21] building a massive ice force
[2:03:23] or police state from the
[2:03:24] funding they got in their new
[2:03:26] budget. The h#
[2:03:26] #
[2:03:26] #
[2:03:27] with poor
[2:03:29] folks, veterans the sick and
[2:03:29] disabled much less the
[2:03:33] undocumented. They are bullies
[2:03:35] and cowards. Does it really
[2:03:38] take 8 armed masked men and 3
[2:03:39] police dogs to grab one woman
[2:03:41] off the street and separate
[2:03:44] her from her child. They don't
[2:03:47] really want our help. They
[2:03:51] want to subjugate Make us. He
[2:03:55] used to living in fear. Are we
[2:04:00] brave enough to draw the line?
[2:04:01] I urge you to join the lawsuit
[2:04:02] with South Miami. We are not
[2:04:04] the only city in Florida who
[2:04:06] has said no. We must continue
[2:04:10] to say no. This might just
[2:04:11] give others the balls to do
[2:04:14] the same thing. We the people
[2:04:28] say no. So after Maggie, we
[2:04:29] have Stacy and then Tyler that
[2:04:34] are sure. Good afternoon,
[2:04:35] MADAM. MADAM, Mayor, City
[2:04:36] commissioners and staff. My
[2:04:39] name is Maggie come.
[2:04:40] >> I live and own a business
[2:04:45] and district one. 3 weeks ago.
[2:04:46] Through a simple Internet
[2:04:48] search that anyone could have
[2:04:50] done. I discovered agreements,
[2:04:54] but Sheriff Ramsey and chief
[2:04:55] Brandenburg signed to partner
[2:05:01] with ice. It was me. I
[2:05:01] probably couldn't those
[2:05:02] documents be hard share that
[2:05:06] with Commissioner Kaufman.
[2:05:08] Shockingly neither nor the was
[2:05:12] aware of these agreements.
[2:05:13] Simultaneously. Community
[2:05:16] advocates had already begun to
[2:05:18] organize good people with
[2:05:19] limited time and resources
[2:05:22] sprang into action. We started
[2:05:25] sharing information or that
[2:05:26] became clear, but at least
[2:05:28] eyes activity on the island.
[2:05:32] Listen to violation of the
[2:05:33] civil rights standards to
[2:05:39] Britain 37 itself. They were
[2:05:43] violating policies. By taking
[2:05:51] have legal. I-30 to be here.
[2:05:52] Reports of serious misconduct
[2:05:52] and violations were coming out
[2:05:57] and they still come out. Week
[2:05:57] ago yesterday I walked into
[2:06:01] this room. Thankful to be
[2:06:02] sitting on this side of the
[2:06:04] diocese and not yours. But at
[2:06:07] the end of that meeting, I was
[2:06:09] envious of you what you need
[2:06:12] place in time. A pivotal
[2:06:14] moment our history. We find
[2:06:18] ourselves. Opportunities of
[2:06:21] this importance are rare. And
[2:06:22] the people take them make
[2:06:27] history. Like most of last
[2:06:30] week. I listened intently to
[2:06:30] every speaker like you doing
[2:06:34] tonight. I was particularly
[2:06:36] impressed by the genuine
[2:06:37] compassion on most of your
[2:06:39] faces. About the speakers and
[2:06:44] their concerns. I was equally
[2:06:45] impressed with not just what
[2:06:45] our community members said,
[2:06:49] but how they spoken. Sensibly.
[2:06:53] Calmly and respectively. You
[2:06:55] have been given than enough
[2:06:56] justification to opt out of a
[2:06:58] partnership. I that this time.
[2:07:05] Legal all ethical. Actions on
[2:07:07] JUNE. 30th reinforced my in
[2:07:12] this extraordinary island.
[2:07:13] Without 2 passes and the
[2:07:17] defense of basic human rights.
[2:07:20] Simpkins are safer in West.
[2:07:21] Human beings born outside
[2:07:26] country. There's no crisis of
[2:07:29] conscience here. Crisis of
[2:07:32] identity, mask. Rest areas.
[2:07:46] This is a crisis of courage.
[2:07:47] After Stacy is Tyler and then
[2:07:50] Theresa, She's I might
[2:07:50] mispronounce that excuse make
[2:07:59] of that. New Michael police
[2:08:00] think killed there. It is
[2:08:00] sorry about that. That was
[2:08:03] stolen. Good evening, mayor
[2:08:05] and commissioners. I am Stacy
[2:08:06] Stall and I am a full-time
[2:08:09] resident in District 4.
[2:08:10] >> I'm speaking tonight as a
[2:08:12] citizen of Key West whose
[2:08:13] proud to live in a place that
[2:08:16] values fairness process and
[2:08:18] standing up to pressure even
[2:08:21] if it's uncomfortable. Let's
[2:08:22] not lose sight of what
[2:08:25] happened here on JUNE. 30th.
[2:08:26] This commission did the right
[2:08:29] thing by avoiding the 2.87 g
[2:08:29] agreement that was signed
[2:08:30] without the authority
[2:08:33] required. That vote was a
[2:08:34] correction of a process that
[2:08:37] was ignored. It was about
[2:08:38] upholding the law and
[2:08:39] protecting the city from legal
[2:08:42] exposure. But now under
[2:08:43] political pressure from
[2:08:44] Tallahassee, we're being
[2:08:46] pushed to reverse that
[2:08:47] decision. And I'm here to say,
[2:08:52] don't do it. You the attorney
[2:08:54] general or the governor blind
[2:08:56] obedience. You this committee
[2:08:57] sound judgment and legal
[2:09:01] clarity? If you vote to either
[2:09:03] approve or reject this
[2:09:04] resolution. Tonight, you risk
[2:09:06] giving them exactly what they
[2:09:08] want. Ammunition to claim that
[2:09:09] Key West is violating Florida
[2:09:13] statutes. Even if that's not
[2:09:14] your intent, they will twist
[2:09:16] your vote and say it is. And
[2:09:19] as you've already heard, if
[2:09:20] this resolution goes on the
[2:09:22] record with the language
[2:09:23] that's currently in it
[2:09:24] conceding their claim that
[2:09:26] were so-called sanctuary city.
[2:09:30] That language will haunt us in
[2:09:30] court filings in media
[2:09:32] coverage political arenas. We
[2:09:35] shouldn't fall into that trap.
[2:09:36] We don't need to hand our city
[2:09:38] over to Tallahassee spin
[2:09:40] machines. What we need is to
[2:09:43] do what South Miami is doing.
[2:09:46] C could judgment from the
[2:09:47] courts. Let them decide what
[2:09:50] chapter 9 actually requires.
[2:09:51] That's not defiance. It's due
[2:09:54] process. I've also watched
[2:09:56] this spin into a partisan
[2:09:58] issue. That kind of politics
[2:09:58] MAY play in state capitals are
[2:10:02] on the news, but it doesn't
[2:10:03] serve the people of Key West.
[2:10:03] And right now this commission
[2:10:06] needs to focus what's right
[2:10:08] for all our consists
[2:10:09] constituents and not on
[2:10:11] scoring any more political
[2:10:14] points. The city never been a
[2:10:16] sanctuary city. Please follow
[2:10:17] the law. They cooperate with
[2:10:19] federal agencies would legally
[2:10:21] required and that hasn't
[2:10:23] changed. What has changed is
[2:10:26] that we're being bullied. And
[2:10:27] this commission has the power
[2:10:31] and the responsibility to say
[2:10:32] not here, not in Key West, not
[2:10:35] when the stakes are this high.
[2:10:37] I urge you to table this
[2:10:39] resolution don't play into
[2:10:40] their narrative. Don't hand
[2:10:43] them the headline. Let the
[2:10:45] courts decide what the law
[2:10:46] actually says, not the
[2:10:49] Tallahassee, politicians with
[2:10:50] an agenda and your
[2:10:52] constituents will stand with
[2:10:52] you. Thank you so much for
[2:11:04] your time and consideration.
[2:11:05] So after Tyler is Theresa and
[2:11:08] then Golden Isles. Good
[2:11:09] evening. My name is Tyler.
[2:11:12] You're a share. I live in
[2:11:13] district 4 and the criminal
[2:11:14] defense attorney and I'm
[2:11:16] speaking as a private citizen.
[2:11:18] Asking the city to postpone
[2:11:20] resolution. One and
[2:11:21] declaratory judgment regarding
[2:11:22] our city's obligation to enter
[2:11:26] into a 2.87 g agreement.
[2:11:27] >> In 18, 0, 3, The Supreme
[2:11:27] Court declared that it is, in
[2:11:31] leave the province and the
[2:11:31] duty of the judicial
[2:11:34] Department to say what the law
[2:11:37] is on the anniversary of our
[2:11:38] independence. Our Attorney
[2:11:38] General James Uthmeier seeks
[2:11:41] to usurp the role from our
[2:11:44] courts and Ben reality to his
[2:11:46] political convenience. His
[2:11:46] royal proclamation does not
[2:11:50] override the text of the law.
[2:11:50] Both Meyer writes that the
[2:11:52] city of Key West as a
[2:11:55] sanctuary city because we
[2:11:55] recognized our 2.87 g
[2:11:58] agreement as void. This has no
[2:12:01] basis in law. The city
[2:12:03] commission is responsible for
[2:12:05] making policy, not the chief
[2:12:07] of police. The previous 2.87 g
[2:12:09] Agreement was never in
[2:12:11] forcible. The alternative is
[2:12:13] to allow the chief of police
[2:12:13] to enter agreements that he
[2:12:15] has no authority to make
[2:12:16] because we are afraid of being
[2:12:20] labeled a sanctuary city.
[2:12:21] Sanctuary policies to find a
[2:12:24] 908, 0.1 0, 3, as a policy
[2:12:25] that prohibits or impedes
[2:12:26] immigration law enforcement or
[2:12:29] prohibits cooperation. Take
[2:12:31] Key West Police Department has
[2:12:34] supported ice and Border
[2:12:35] Patrol before 2.87 g and will
[2:12:38] continue to do so. This is not
[2:12:41] the same as affirmatively
[2:12:43] deputizing officers to enforce
[2:12:45] immigration law. In fact, the
[2:12:47] Florida Legislature has
[2:12:51] expressly rejected sb and hb
[2:12:52] which would have required
[2:12:54] municipalities to adopt 2.87 g
[2:12:55] further evidence that this is
[2:12:57] a voluntary agreement, not a
[2:13:01] sanctuary city policy. The
[2:13:02] courts have the duty to say
[2:13:05] what the law Declaratory
[2:13:06] judgment clarifies the legal
[2:13:07] rights and obligations of the
[2:13:10] parties in dispute. Let a
[2:13:14] judge decide who is right? The
[2:13:14] Trump administration has
[2:13:16] declared war against tps
[2:13:18] holders vawa petitioners,
[2:13:21] asylum seekers and
[2:13:23] undocumented immigrants
[2:13:23] affirmatively joining their
[2:13:24] efforts will not remove the
[2:13:27] target that's been placed on
[2:13:28] Key West. The PRESIDENT Of the
[2:13:29] United States has made his
[2:13:31] racism and hatred against
[2:13:34] Haitian people abundantly
[2:13:35] clear deputizing law, local
[2:13:36] law enforcement will only
[2:13:37] bring more chaos and
[2:13:39] heartbreak to our community.
[2:13:41] There is no reward for
[2:13:43] cowardice. Appeasement will
[2:13:45] not save our community
[2:13:46] solidarity will please be
[2:13:47] brave again and stand up for
[2:13:59] what is right. Thank you. So
[2:14:00] after Theresa and Buildable
[2:14:04] have Monica ca Cereus. Hi, I'm
[2:14:05] Theresa Khaki and I've had the
[2:14:07] privilege to call myself a key
[2:14:08] West local for 6 years. And
[2:14:10] there are many aspects of Qs
[2:14:11] culture that make me proud to
[2:14:14] be a part of this community.
[2:14:15] >> From our inclusivity, the
[2:14:17] way we stand up for
[2:14:18] marginalized communities and
[2:14:18] taking care of each other in
[2:14:22] times of hardships and nothing
[2:14:22] may be prouder to be a part of
[2:14:23] this one human family. And
[2:14:26] then on JUNE, 30th with the
[2:14:28] decision made to avoid the
[2:14:30] 2.87 g Agreement. To me, this
[2:14:31] was a prime example of what it
[2:14:33] means to be a key West are
[2:14:34] going against the grain to
[2:14:37] stand up for what is right. A
[2:14:39] lot of people my age feel
[2:14:41] abandoned by our government.
[2:14:42] Many of my peers don't vote
[2:14:43] because they feel their voices
[2:14:44] don't matter. But JUNE 30th
[2:14:46] was a testament to the fact
[2:14:49] that our voices do hold power.
[2:14:50] My community came out voiced
[2:14:52] our concerns and you listened.
[2:14:56] I thank you for that. I thank
[2:14:59] you for the tremendous,
[2:15:00] tremendous bravery
[2:15:01] demonstrated by the city to
[2:15:02] stand up for and represent the
[2:15:06] voices of their constituents.
[2:15:06] I beg you to show that same
[2:15:08] bravery again because our
[2:15:11] resistance against falling in
[2:15:12] line with fascism and
[2:15:13] xenophobia will only grow more
[2:15:16] and more crucial. All eyes are
[2:15:16] in Key West. Now. History is
[2:15:21] watching. No one is saying to
[2:15:23] let violent criminals lives in
[2:15:23] Key West. What I'm saying is
[2:15:25] that it is ridiculous to
[2:15:27] target an entire population of
[2:15:30] people labeling them all as
[2:15:32] potential criminals. The vast
[2:15:33] majority of those detained
[2:15:35] this year are not violent
[2:15:36] criminals and more than half
[2:15:36] of them have no criminal
[2:15:40] record at all. If government
[2:15:42] is really targeting those who
[2:15:43] are a drain on our resources,
[2:15:44] not contributing to society,
[2:15:45] then why are we going after
[2:15:47] them at their places of work?
[2:15:49] If we are after people not
[2:15:50] following the law, why are we
[2:15:51] detaining those in the legal
[2:15:52] process of seeking asylum?
[2:15:55] We're becoming a citizen if
[2:15:56] we're truly targeting the
[2:15:57] worst of the worst, why are we
[2:16:00] going after children? I'm not
[2:16:02] asking you to enable
[2:16:03] criminals. I'm not asking you
[2:16:05] to break the law, but I am
[2:16:07] asking you to continue to
[2:16:09] represent our voices and to
[2:16:10] protect those in our community
[2:16:21] most indeed. Thank you. Bill
[2:16:23] to Monica and then Marlene.
[2:16:26] >> somebody let me wonder your
[2:16:29] brain shirts
[2:16:31] >> commissioners.
[2:16:32] >> MADAM Mayor.
[2:16:38] >> Members of audience. I came
[2:16:40] from Cuba in 1967. As a Cuban
[2:16:47] refugee. So the subject of
[2:16:47] immigration and immigrants is
[2:16:48] very close to me. And I've
[2:16:53] been involved. Every 10 years
[2:16:53] and one, form of immigration
[2:16:58] or another. I actually very
[2:16:58] impressed by all the people
[2:17:02] talking Very appreciative of
[2:17:08] so much compassion. However.
[2:17:10] Really strongly feel that this
[2:17:12] whole issue here today, the
[2:17:14] size immigration. Is
[2:17:18] political. It's obvious by
[2:17:21] everybody speak in. They hate
[2:17:23] precedent, drum and then they
[2:17:27] hate Ron DeSantis. That is
[2:17:30] issue. Bill Clinton departed
[2:17:31] people. George Bush deported
[2:17:34] people. Barack Obama was
[2:17:38] called the deporter in chief.
[2:17:42] And I never ever heard Such
[2:17:48] gatherings against it. So.
[2:17:50] Appreciate it. But I don't
[2:17:51] think they understand they
[2:17:52] don't. They don't go to
[2:17:54] Hialeah. They don't go to
[2:17:57] Winn-Dixie. These are really
[2:17:58] good. The bull was really good
[2:18:00] intentions, but I don't think
[2:18:03] any of them have lived.
[2:18:03] immigrant and the immigration
[2:18:09] issue. I don't I don't I don't
[2:18:12] know what to say except. You
[2:18:14] guys know what's right. You
[2:18:17] guys know the law. I'm just a
[2:18:20] citizen. I'm an immigrant.
[2:18:22] Today. I'm an American citizen
[2:18:23] for years that have followed
[2:18:27] every law. That's what I was
[2:18:28] taught when I came from q a
[2:18:29] that was for things that had
[2:18:34] to do. I had to learn English.
[2:18:36] I had to get my immigration. I
[2:18:39] had to vote and I had to pay
[2:18:40] taxes and that's how you
[2:18:44] become a good American a good
[2:18:45] American and to as an American
[2:18:48] here to protect my children
[2:18:51] and my grandchildren. And
[2:18:53] unfortunately, for the past 4
[2:18:55] years, there's been lot of
[2:18:56] people coming to America that
[2:18:58] we didn't know who they were.
[2:19:00] And today, yes, there's a lot
[2:19:01] of good people paying the
[2:19:04] consequences. But they made
[2:19:05] that decision and their home
[2:19:06] country when they decided to
[2:19:08] come here illegally. And
[2:19:12] PRESIDENT Trump. Ran on on
[2:19:13] that issue and he won on that
[2:19:17] issue. And you can debate that
[2:19:18] you MAY not like it. I'm
[2:19:22] sorry. Don't like it. As
[2:19:24] immigrant and a sick American
[2:19:27] citizen. I am here to stand
[2:19:30] with the police and with ice.
[2:19:31] And I hope you vote the right
[2:19:40] way. Thank you. After Monica
[2:19:43] is Marlene and then Nick. Doll
[2:19:48] that looks like. Sorry, short
[2:19:49] short people problems over
[2:19:51] here. Good evening, all and
[2:19:53] thank you for having me.
[2:19:55] >> My name is Monica and I
[2:19:59] think since I was a year old.
[2:20:00] Actually attended Glenn Archer
[2:20:01] Elementary School within these
[2:20:03] very walls. I receive school
[2:20:04] awards right on the very
[2:20:06] stage. You are sitting on. I
[2:20:10] am a mother of 2, 2 boys. One
[2:20:12] who is a type one diabetic.
[2:20:13] I'm a daughter of immigrants
[2:20:16] of Mexico. First off, I want
[2:20:17] to thank you for your courage
[2:20:18] on JUNE 30th. We put we
[2:20:20] support and have your back
[2:20:22] tonight. I come to give you
[2:20:24] grace. You're standing at
[2:20:25] threshold. The nation is
[2:20:27] watching. Fear is thick in the
[2:20:29] air. People have spoken with
[2:20:30] fire with reason with urgency
[2:20:34] and all of it matters. But
[2:20:34] from my time, I want to offer
[2:20:35] something that might matter
[2:20:39] even more. Still a mess right
[2:20:40] now before you vote. I want to
[2:20:41] give you a moment to sit in
[2:20:42] your own thought to not just
[2:20:43] think like commissioner, but
[2:20:46] feel like a human. I bring GOD
[2:20:50] into this not to judge, but
[2:20:50] her mind is that these
[2:20:51] decisions echo. And to remind
[2:20:52] you that GOD also has your
[2:20:57] back and supports you. This
[2:20:57] folk carries real wait for
[2:20:58] children, for our neighbors,
[2:20:59] for the feature of the island,
[2:21:01] we call home and yes for your
[2:21:05] own soul. So pause to sit with
[2:21:08] GOD to ask what is right. As
[2:21:08] for me, I've been through h#
[2:21:08] #
[2:21:08] #
[2:21:10] and back and I'm still
[2:21:14] standing because of my So I
[2:21:15] say in the words of the
[2:21:17] singer, songwriter, Rod Wave,
[2:21:18] I'm not scared aware where
[2:21:23] Wolves vampires, but man, I'd
[2:21:23] always lose sleep when I can
[2:21:27] set my people free and neither
[2:21:29] should you be scared. So be
[2:21:30] brave again tonight. Be brave
[2:21:30] and choose love when power
[2:21:34] would be easier if this is the
[2:21:35] only moment I'm ever given in
[2:21:37] a room like this, let it be
[2:21:40] known. I used it to him by GOD
[2:21:41] And also if you happened to
[2:21:43] attend Saint Mary star of the
[2:21:45] Sea, here is some fun facts
[2:21:47] for you when you're sitting in
[2:21:48] that church, you're sitting in
[2:21:49] a skate, sacred space that
[2:21:51] doesn't pray for protection
[2:21:53] from hurricanes but also pays
[2:21:54] for protection over migrate
[2:21:57] migrants crossing oceans,
[2:21:58] children, fleeing violence and
[2:22:00] families searching for safety.
[2:22:02] So with all of that being
[2:22:05] said, GOD bless Key West, GOD
[2:22:06] bless America. The greatest
[2:22:08] country of all time. Be a part
[2:22:10] of this next chapter and love
[2:22:14] and justice encourage to one
[2:22:16] human future. The grace of the
[2:22:17] Lord be with GOD's people. A
[2:22:18] man police said in silence
[2:22:34] with me for 30 2 seconds.
[2:22:52] Thank you all. Have a great
[2:23:02] night. So we have Marlene Neck
[2:23:07] and then Joanna Andra sec. And
[2:23:07] Dr Marling College I am a
[2:23:10] full-time resident of district
[2:23:11] 4.
[2:23:11] >> nice thing about going so
[2:23:12] late in the evening as I can
[2:23:15] cut off half of my my speech
[2:23:18] here. It won't be too long.
[2:23:21] You know, as we had 70 Elkann
[2:23:23] speakers tonight telling us
[2:23:24] why we should postpone the
[2:23:26] 2.87 g Agreement. Let the
[2:23:28] courts decide our next steps
[2:23:29] that not entering into this
[2:23:33] agreement. Absolves all of us,
[2:23:35] the potential liability in the
[2:23:36] fiscal responsibility should
[2:23:37] an issue occur while engage
[2:23:38] our police department is
[2:23:40] engaged in supporting ice
[2:23:41] activities. So we all know on
[2:23:42] JUNE 30th Commissioner Carey
[2:23:44] was a lone dissenting vote.
[2:23:46] When all of you supported to
[2:23:48] void the 2.87 g agreement. And
[2:23:51] I want to remind all of us
[2:23:52] that our district consists of
[2:23:53] members from all walks of life
[2:23:57] and that voting to appease the
[2:23:58] Tallahassee conservatives is a
[2:24:01] disservice to everyone in our
[2:24:03] districts because we are all
[2:24:06] all sides of the spectrum
[2:24:07] here. Ronald Reagan is
[2:24:08] conservative and he addressed
[2:24:10] immigration extensively during
[2:24:12] his presidency and through the
[2:24:13] Immigration and Reform Control
[2:24:15] Act worked to create a balance
[2:24:16] by welcoming immigrants all
[2:24:18] while maintaining control over
[2:24:20] our borders and the importance
[2:24:21] and I quote of a reasonable,
[2:24:22] fair, orderly and secure
[2:24:23] system of immigration. Rca
[2:24:27] also granted amnesty and legal
[2:24:28] status to millions of
[2:24:29] immigrants who entered the
[2:24:30] U.S. Prior to JANUARY. First
[2:24:33] of 1982, in his city on the
[2:24:35] Hill. Farewell speech from
[2:24:35] JANUARY of 89. He said that
[2:24:38] America was a beacon, still a
[2:24:39] magnet for all who must have
[2:24:42] freedom. He believed in that
[2:24:46] immigration was noble. That
[2:24:47] America was a nation of
[2:24:48] immigrants transformative and
[2:24:50] a shining light for all
[2:24:52] nations. All that being said,
[2:24:53] there's been a massive shift
[2:24:54] in the arrest made between
[2:24:56] Customs and Border Patrol and
[2:25:00] ice prior to JANUARY of 25,
[2:25:01] most immigrant arrests ribeye
[2:25:03] cpb at the borders. But now
[2:25:05] most arrests by ice inside the
[2:25:09] U.S. In our own house. In
[2:25:13] JANUARY. 25 62% of immigrant
[2:25:14] arrests were criminals
[2:25:14] criminals. But last month,
[2:25:15] only 30's put 6% of immigrant
[2:25:17] arrests were classified as
[2:25:18] criminals. Ice also assigns
[2:25:19] levels to their arrest with
[2:25:21] level one being the most
[2:25:23] severe. And according to data
[2:25:25] published by ice themselves as
[2:25:27] of last month, only 7% of
[2:25:31] arrests for level one. The
[2:25:32] remaining 83% of all arrests
[2:25:33] were classified by ice
[2:25:36] themselves as no threat level.
[2:25:37] None of this is a conservative
[2:25:39] or liberal issue. It's a human
[2:25:42] issue. The bulk of the ice or
[2:25:43] for non criminals. These non
[2:25:44] criminal arrests continue to
[2:25:45] harm the good people of our
[2:25:46] community and the immigrants
[2:25:48] in which our country was
[2:25:50] founded, most of whom believe
[2:25:52] that the U.S. Remains as
[2:25:53] Reagan begin still a magnet
[2:25:56] for all who must have freedom.
[2:25:57] You are volunteering our
[2:25:58] police department to coast
[2:26:00] side. All that's wrong with
[2:26:00] how isis treating are law
[2:26:03] abiding immigrant community
[2:26:05] and placing our city in
[2:26:06] physical danger. The brain do
[2:26:07] not support signing the
[2:26:08] voluntary to 87 agreement.
[2:26:19] Thank Is here. That will move
[2:26:25] to Joanna. Joanna and then
[2:26:25] Michael Berman.
[2:26:26] >> Followed by Roberts and
[2:26:30] John.
[2:26:33] >> My name is Joanna under And
[2:26:34] I've lived here full-time for
[2:26:35] the past 5 years. But my
[2:26:39] family is called a the Keys
[2:26:42] home since I was 14. Last
[2:26:43] week. Those communities cries
[2:26:46] did not fall on deaf ears.
[2:26:47] Commissioners, you brought a
[2:26:49] smile to all our faces. Are
[2:26:51] nearly unanimous vote to avoid
[2:26:55] 2.87 g. Speaking with those
[2:26:57] who attended the meeting that
[2:26:58] day. I can see that this
[2:27:00] decision brought hope to
[2:27:02] people who have been feeling
[2:27:02] that democracy in America,
[2:27:06] frankly. Was dying. If you go
[2:27:08] back on last week's decision,
[2:27:09] you will be crushing that
[2:27:13] hope. Every day. We wake up to
[2:27:17] news of mask, ice troops
[2:27:18] rolling up to neighborhood
[2:27:19] parks and Ali and armored
[2:27:20] vehicles in full tactical
[2:27:22] gear. Spreading fear in the
[2:27:27] hearts of this nation. 2 new
[2:27:28] merchandise promoting the
[2:27:30] conversion of our conservation
[2:27:31] lands in the Everglades into
[2:27:34] Alligator Alcatraz to our
[2:27:36] friends still trapped in
[2:27:37] detention centers where they
[2:27:38] are starved and mistreated
[2:27:43] with no end in sight. How can
[2:27:44] ask our local police? Many of
[2:27:45] whom grew up here to be a part
[2:27:49] of this. We cannot let them be
[2:27:51] used as a weapon of an
[2:27:52] authoritarian regime.
[2:27:55] Hell-bent on imposing their
[2:27:56] twisted vision of a white
[2:28:00] washed America. I urge you to
[2:28:03] continue to hold your ground
[2:28:05] on recognizing 2.87 g as void
[2:28:07] and to join the city of South
[2:28:09] Miami and its case against the
[2:28:11] state's position on what is
[2:28:15] voluntary agreement? Please
[2:28:16] stand with the people who make
[2:28:18] this community a vibrant and
[2:28:20] resilient help continue the
[2:28:23] great tradition of Key West as
[2:28:23] this seat of the southernmost
[2:28:28] resistance. As it was during
[2:28:30] the Civil war. For the 1982
[2:28:31] roadblock, they gave this
[2:28:32] place its name as the Conch
[2:28:36] Republic. I want to leave you
[2:28:38] all of the It's an oldie but a
[2:28:41] goodie by the German Lutheran
[2:28:42] Pastor Martin, you know,
[2:28:43] Mueller written in 1946, after
[2:28:47] World War, 2. First, they came
[2:28:48] for the communists and I did
[2:28:49] not speak out because I was
[2:28:53] not a communist. Then they
[2:28:55] came for the Socialists and I
[2:28:56] did not speak out because I
[2:28:59] was not a socialist. Then they
[2:29:01] came for the trade union. Us
[2:29:02] and I did not speak out
[2:29:02] because I was not a trade
[2:29:06] unionist. Then they came for
[2:29:07] the Jews and I did not speak
[2:29:09] out because I was not a ju.
[2:29:12] Then they came for me. And
[2:29:13] there was no one left to speak
[2:29:18] out for me. Please let us not
[2:29:21] repeat that mistake. Speak out
[2:29:33] for your community. Thank you.
[2:29:35] So after Michael is Robert and
[2:29:38] then Brailey Prescott, Aruba.
[2:29:39] >> Good evening. I'm Adam Air
[2:29:41] and the commission. I'm
[2:29:44] Michael Berman are Member of
[2:29:46] this community for over 40
[2:29:51] years. I'm gonna keep my
[2:29:52] remarks brief because most of
[2:29:54] what I wanted to say has been
[2:29:55] said more eloquently than I
[2:29:59] could possibly put it. 2.87 g
[2:30:06] is a voluntary. Commitment. We
[2:30:08] are not under constitutional
[2:30:09] imperatives to do the job of
[2:30:12] the federal government. We
[2:30:14] have just had the opinions
[2:30:16] tonight. Several attorneys,
[2:30:18] including experts in
[2:30:20] immigration law and the aclu
[2:30:22] of Florida, the entering into
[2:30:27] 2.87 g Agreement is not only
[2:30:27] voluntary, but it is in fact,
[2:30:28] in contradiction to the laws
[2:30:31] of the state of Florida. There
[2:30:33] is an active ongoing lawsuit,
[2:30:36] but the city of South Miami
[2:30:37] joined by multiple legal and
[2:30:38] other organizations against
[2:30:40] the governor and attorney
[2:30:42] general of Florida. Why not
[2:30:44] join this lawsuit in order to
[2:30:49] stand up? For the role of law.
[2:30:49] Not for the politicians in
[2:30:53] Tallahassee. Along with
[2:30:55] Commissioner Kalfin. I ask the
[2:30:57] commission to postpone any
[2:31:00] decision tonight on 2.87 g and
[2:31:04] to legal advice. I support the
[2:31:08] Key West Police and their
[2:31:09] mission to maintain peace and
[2:31:11] safety in our city. Not to do
[2:31:15] the dirty work of ice agents
[2:31:17] who work in disguise because
[2:31:18] they know they are committing
[2:31:22] evil. I only ask that you,
[2:31:24] MADAM Mayor and you
[2:31:26] commissioners fulfill the
[2:31:27] expressed will the
[2:31:28] overwhelming majority of your
[2:31:39] constituents. Thank you. Can
[2:31:40] use that after Robert and
[2:31:43] bravely to be Caitlin Fuller.
[2:31:43] Thank you very much, Robert.
[2:31:50] Centrum. I'm here in a
[2:31:51] different role tonight. In
[2:31:53] last time I was here.
[2:31:54] >> And that's to speak on
[2:31:55] behalf of our 2 ministers at
[2:31:59] the church that I attend
[2:32:00] Covenant Presbyterian. They
[2:32:01] couldn't be here because of
[2:32:04] medical issues that they're
[2:32:05] dealing with. The good is they
[2:32:07] had 2 pages. They want me to
[2:32:08] read. I'm only going to read
[2:32:10] one paragraph because I think
[2:32:14] it's most appropriate. And I'm
[2:32:16] going to read it verbatim. As
[2:32:18] the Co Pastors of Peace
[2:32:19] Covenant Presbyterian Church
[2:32:24] in Key West. Rest assured that
[2:32:25] the good people of fees,
[2:32:26] Covenant Presbyterian Church
[2:32:32] are praying for you. To remain
[2:32:32] steadfast and not sway from
[2:32:36] what is just and right. We are
[2:32:39] so very proud of your. Vote on
[2:32:42] JUNE 30 s and we stand with
[2:32:47] you in that position. We
[2:32:47] covenant not to abandon you
[2:32:50] and your position to stand the
[2:32:52] test. Indeed. We believe GOD
[2:32:54] will give you the endurance
[2:32:57] and courage to stand the test.
[2:32:58] The same endurance and courage
[2:33:00] that Jesus used to stand the
[2:33:06] test for us. So that
[2:33:07] summarizes the position of our
[2:33:08] 2 pastors are newly here in
[2:33:13] Key West from from Colorado.
[2:33:15] And they are so impressed with
[2:33:16] what the city commission did
[2:33:18] just a few weeks ago that they
[2:33:20] felt the need to speak out.
[2:33:23] And in closing, I made a
[2:33:24] comment after meeting last
[2:33:30] week. And the comment was the
[2:33:34] little mouse that roared. And
[2:33:36] that's what with this
[2:33:37] commission did this little
[2:33:40] town To the bullies in
[2:33:44] Tallahassee. And did what was
[2:33:45] right in your minds. And I
[2:33:48] just to see chew to stand the
[2:33:50] test and do what you know is
[2:33:53] right. And I want to thank all
[2:33:53] of the people that are
[2:33:54] speaking is I've never in my
[2:33:59] life. Seeing such eloquence
[2:34:00] and civility in the meeting
[2:34:01] such as this. And I thank all
[2:34:03] of you all for taking the
[2:34:04] patients to listen to us. Have
[2:34:17] a good evening.
[2:34:17] >> After bravely to Caitlin
[2:34:19] and then Max Pezzetti.
[2:34:23] >> Hey, how are ya? MADAM
[2:34:24] Henry cause want visit for a
[2:34:27] formal here? My name is
[2:34:28] Bradley Press got a rude. I've
[2:34:28] been a resident of Key West
[2:34:30] for 10 years now. Time has
[2:34:34] flown by. I am originally from
[2:34:36] Massachusetts, which means I
[2:34:37] was raised with one of the
[2:34:38] best education say you can get
[2:34:41] in the United States. That
[2:34:42] didn't mean that I wasn't a
[2:34:43] part of systems that made it
[2:34:47] hard to come up. I never
[2:34:48] thought that I would be able
[2:34:48] to go to college. I never
[2:34:50] thought I'd be a person that
[2:34:55] owned expensive car or Holden
[2:34:56] American Express or even leave
[2:34:58] the United States and travel
[2:34:59] out. It's never something that
[2:34:59] I thought would be afforded to
[2:35:03] me. But here I am. I have
[2:35:04] graduated college. I hold an
[2:35:07] American Express. I drive a
[2:35:09] car that old. Dude's ask me.
[2:35:12] Did Eddie Buy that for you?
[2:35:18] I'm mommy. I bought it for
[2:35:19] >> I have traveled over 40
[2:35:20] countries. Now I jump out of
[2:35:21] planes. I write a kite and I
[2:35:26] have. Written across countries
[2:35:26] by myself on a motorcycle. I
[2:35:30] couldn't even pick up. I'm
[2:35:32] here and my heart is racing as
[2:35:35] I'm sure yours is too. This
[2:35:39] country is one that I am
[2:35:40] really proud of. Reading
[2:35:42] textbooks growing up. I was
[2:35:45] always like I would be her in
[2:35:46] that situation. Didi, I voted
[2:35:48] for you because I wanted to be
[2:35:50] you in this situation. Have
[2:35:53] the ability to make the right
[2:35:55] choice. Last week I was at
[2:35:56] work. I had to make money
[2:35:57] because I got to make rent
[2:35:57] because just take care, man.
[2:36:02] Take care of my mom, too. I'm
[2:36:03] here. This week. I signed a
[2:36:08] couple days ago. Dined at my
[2:36:08] honestly, I hope that you do
[2:36:09] the right thing here tonight.
[2:36:13] It scares me that this is the
[2:36:15] person sitting to your right
[2:36:16] because I know that that does
[2:36:16] Sheehan's stand for what I
[2:36:18] stand for. But I have we hope
[2:36:22] that you do. We traveled to
[2:36:23] Cuba together on a unesco
[2:36:25] World Conference together. I
[2:36:28] know you know what is right? I
[2:36:29] know that you were put into
[2:36:30] office because there are
[2:36:34] people here just like you that
[2:36:35] have families for generations
[2:36:35] after generations that work
[2:36:37] there passes off to get where
[2:36:40] we are today to have something
[2:36:41] that our grandparents and
[2:36:43] their parents before them.
[2:36:45] Think they would never have.
[2:36:46] And now we have that
[2:36:49] opportunity. And as for our
[2:36:51] police, we love you guys. I
[2:36:53] serve you breakfast too.
[2:36:54] >> I love the cause the
[2:36:59] horses. Forces. We love them
[2:37:00] that we don't want to look at
[2:37:02] you guys differently. We want
[2:37:03] to be on your side. We want
[2:37:05] you to be on our side. 2.87 g
[2:37:08] does not reflect that and it
[2:37:13] reflects. It reflects fascism,
[2:37:15] unfortunately. And you don't
[2:37:16] have to succumb to that. You
[2:37:19] have power. Spiegel. So do it.
[2:37:31] Speak for us.
[2:37:32] >> So we have Caitlin Max and
[2:37:38] then rob Plumber. Hello and
[2:37:39] thank you for being here
[2:37:44] today. My name is Kate. When I
[2:37:44] first moved to q when I first
[2:37:48] came us 19 years ago, I was a
[2:37:49] teenager and I came from a
[2:37:51] small town with one red light.
[2:37:51] 35 kids in my graduating class
[2:37:53] and little to no diversity.
[2:37:54] The only people in my
[2:37:56] community back did not look
[2:37:59] like me migrant workers. Who
[2:37:59] kept our farms and our
[2:38:02] extremely rural area running.
[2:38:03] And as I grew older, I realize
[2:38:05] how important they were to our
[2:38:07] community. Not only on a
[2:38:08] personal level because over
[2:38:09] the years they became close
[2:38:13] friends and even like family.
[2:38:14] But on a level of the highest
[2:38:15] importance without them, we
[2:38:16] didn't have the manpower or
[2:38:16] the man willing to do the work
[2:38:18] that they were doing day in
[2:38:20] and day out. Happily and more
[2:38:23] importantly, they were safe,
[2:38:25] welcomed and loved by our
[2:38:26] community and respected as
[2:38:29] human beings. I remember
[2:38:30] coming us for the first time
[2:38:31] in meeting so many different
[2:38:33] people from all over the
[2:38:34] world. And I don't know how to
[2:38:35] describe it because if you
[2:38:37] know, you know, but I knew
[2:38:38] that I was if I was lucky
[2:38:39] enough, one day I could call
[2:38:43] this place my home. The one
[2:38:44] human family motto wasn't even
[2:38:45] something I had known about
[2:38:46] back then. But it is something
[2:38:48] that I truly felt on a deep
[2:38:49] level. Now, I have been a
[2:38:50] permanent resident here for 4
[2:38:53] years. And though short but
[2:38:53] beautiful for years that I
[2:38:57] have spent here, everything
[2:38:57] that I fell and experience
[2:39:00] back then all started to make
[2:39:01] complete sense. The community
[2:39:02] that welcomed me, the friends
[2:39:04] that became family, the
[2:39:04] coworkers, it became a part of
[2:39:07] my everyday life from all
[2:39:08] walks of life from all over
[2:39:09] the world. It embody that
[2:39:11] feeling that I had as a young
[2:39:13] woman experiencing the
[2:39:15] diversity and magic of this
[2:39:16] island when our political
[2:39:18] climate started to change, I
[2:39:19] remember flying back to the
[2:39:20] mainland here and there and
[2:39:21] every single time I did that,
[2:39:22] I remember feeling like I
[2:39:24] could not wait to come back
[2:39:25] home here to Key West because
[2:39:27] no matter what was going on up
[2:39:29] there, I knew that Qs was
[2:39:31] organically protected because
[2:39:31] of the one human family model
[2:39:35] that we truly look by. And now
[2:39:37] here we making national news,
[2:39:38] which by the way means it's
[2:39:42] working. Fighting a fight,
[2:39:43] begging for human rights for
[2:39:46] our neighbors, friends and
[2:39:49] families. When the 2.87 g
[2:39:51] Agreement was signed up on by
[2:39:52] our police department, it was
[2:39:52] done. So without clear
[2:39:53] knowledge of what was legal or
[2:39:57] not. And to be frank, what
[2:39:59] even is legal versus not
[2:40:00] anymore when our own federal
[2:40:01] government isn't even abiding
[2:40:03] by the laws by not allowing
[2:40:05] due process and changing laws
[2:40:05] to better fit their agenda so
[2:40:08] that they can legally enforce
[2:40:09] their narrative. How are we
[2:40:09] supposed to even know what is
[2:40:12] real and what isn't, which is
[2:40:13] why I don't condemn our law
[2:40:13] enforcement agencies for
[2:40:16] agreeing to that. Clearly we
[2:40:19] all love and support and more
[2:40:20] importantly trust our police
[2:40:21] department. And I would love
[2:40:23] to keep it that way. But that
[2:40:24] is why our government is
[2:40:25] equipped with a system of
[2:40:26] checks and balances to ensure
[2:40:27] that even opposing political
[2:40:29] parties or not overreaching to
[2:40:30] ensure that all of our voices
[2:40:33] are heard. And that is what we
[2:40:36] saw last Monday when you as
[2:40:37] our commissioners voted to end
[2:40:38] this agreement, that is a
[2:40:39] democracy. And that is working
[2:40:40] for your constituents. Thank
[2:40:56] you. Max. Is there. Max, The
[2:40:58] move to rob Plumber, Keenan
[2:40:58] Morrison and then Aaron Street
[2:41:04] back. Parents not hear Keenan.
[2:41:07] You're gonna pass rob Plumber.
[2:41:14] Carter Nasser. Joey Phillips.
[2:41:26] Saw him there. He is okay.
[2:41:28] >> My name is Sherry Phillips.
[2:41:29] I'm here representing myself
[2:41:30] today. Good evening that a
[2:41:33] mayor commissioners, staff
[2:41:34] people with Key West. Good to
[2:41:38] Well, holy cow. I'm filled
[2:41:40] with a little regret. They
[2:41:41] asked called up for work
[2:41:41] early. Sorry, co-workers,
[2:41:42] thanks for covering. I totally
[2:41:44] couldn't waited because of how
[2:41:48] many people came to speak. I
[2:41:49] haven't lived on the island
[2:41:51] for very long, but I fell in
[2:41:52] love with Key West really
[2:41:55] fast. And I think will I know
[2:41:55] the reasons I fell in love
[2:41:56] with that so quickly is
[2:41:58] because of its community. It's
[2:41:59] what the community does for
[2:42:03] Key West that I think what
[2:42:03] makes it really special worth
[2:42:05] living. So I play a small role
[2:42:05] in trying to preserve and play
[2:42:08] my part in doing that. And I
[2:42:09] can say in the short time that
[2:42:10] I've been here, I've never
[2:42:12] felt more proud to be a key
[2:42:15] West citizen. Then on JUNE
[2:42:16] 30th, when we set up to
[2:42:18] fascism, I mean, that's how I
[2:42:19] see it. You know, people
[2:42:19] smarter than me can label it
[2:42:20] what they will. But one key
[2:42:24] West. I feel like truly stood
[2:42:25] up for the motto that it totes
[2:42:28] defending one human family was
[2:42:29] the first time I felt like I
[2:42:32] lived in a city that put its
[2:42:33] money where its mouth was. And
[2:42:34] it was really awesome. And now
[2:42:36] less than a week later. Here
[2:42:38] we are. I feel jumping the
[2:42:42] gun. You know. I don't know
[2:42:43] for what reason. I think a lot
[2:42:44] of people smarter than me have
[2:42:47] shown us avenues has to how we
[2:42:48] can, you know, postpone it or
[2:42:51] not. Enter to agreement. They
[2:42:52] do want to take a second to
[2:42:53] try to do away with this false
[2:42:54] narrative that the urgency
[2:42:58] that ice is, you know, needs
[2:42:59] to be in our community. Why
[2:43:00] they need why we need to
[2:43:01] corroborate them is cooperate
[2:43:05] with them. So thoroughly. Is
[2:43:05] because there's a threat, you
[2:43:06] know, to people's public
[2:43:08] safety, their violent illegal
[2:43:10] immigrants here that is
[2:43:11] utterly false. The only
[2:43:13] immigrants that I know are MAY
[2:43:15] are my neighbors are my
[2:43:17] coworkers are our mothers, our
[2:43:17] daughters, our fathers, our
[2:43:19] sisters, our brothers.
[2:43:19] >> And they're kidnapping
[2:43:23] those people. Who are here
[2:43:27] legally. And Sort of a little
[2:43:28] move that you think it's
[2:43:31] crazy. I feel like the key
[2:43:31] West community is truly under
[2:43:35] attack. And I feel really
[2:43:37] proud that the city stood up
[2:43:38] for its community and it's
[2:43:38] done its part to try to
[2:43:42] protect. You know, it's it's
[2:43:43] community its people, the
[2:43:43] people, you know, it's life.
[2:43:45] Everyone who lives here. So
[2:43:46] thank you for letting us
[2:43:49] today. Thank you for. Being
[2:43:50] brave on JUNE 30th. And I hope
[2:43:54] that you will do what I think
[2:43:56] is not a radical action is all
[2:43:58] at all. We're simply asking
[2:44:01] for you to postpone the item
[2:44:01] and to let us see how it will
[2:44:04] play out in the courts. It's
[2:44:05] not a radical action. It's not
[2:44:07] crazy. It's not a declaration
[2:44:08] of war. Just playing it safe.
[2:44:12] Your listening to your to the
[2:44:12] community. You're listening to
[2:44:14] Key West by doing this and
[2:44:24] yeah, thank you for your time.
[2:44:28] >> Daniela Valdez. Daniela
[2:44:39] Valdez and then Genovese Sapa.
[2:44:40] Good evening, Mayor. Good
[2:44:44] evening Commission. I did not
[2:44:45] right anything for this
[2:44:46] because I didn't think I was
[2:44:48] going to speak today. But as
[2:44:50] somebody that was born and
[2:44:50] raised in Qs, I felt like I
[2:44:56] needed to. There is a lot of
[2:44:57] unjust things going on in our
[2:45:00] country right now. Like Mister
[2:45:02] Arnold did state earlier. We
[2:45:06] do have to keep. Key West
[2:45:07] first and I agree
[2:45:10] wholeheartedly on that. I was
[2:45:10] born and raised here. I've
[2:45:12] been here. 22 years of my
[2:45:13] life. I love this town. I love
[2:45:16] these people. My co-workers,
[2:45:18] my classmates, everybody. Just
[2:45:23] coming here for a better life.
[2:45:25] And people are being
[2:45:27] kidnapped. We don't know where
[2:45:29] they are. They're not here. We
[2:45:30] don't know anything that's
[2:45:34] happening. Certain people that
[2:45:34] have been out there for
[2:45:40] months. And that's not ok. And
[2:45:41] you guys did a very, very
[2:45:42] brave thing last week. I
[2:45:42] couldn't be here. I was
[2:45:46] working. But you did very,
[2:45:47] very brave thing and they are
[2:45:48] listening. Everybody's
[2:45:51] listening right now. And we
[2:45:55] need to continue being brave.
[2:45:57] It's point blank period.
[2:46:00] That's it. We have to for our
[2:46:01] community, for our economy
[2:46:02] because that's very important
[2:46:06] to us. We have just be brave.
[2:46:16] Thank you. Genevieve still
[2:46:28] here? Okay. Carter Nassar.
[2:46:33] >> I have never then front of
[2:46:34] anybody to publicly speak or
[2:46:37] anything like that. Sorry from
[2:46:41] little bit nervous for shaky.
[2:46:44] But to start off my name is
[2:46:45] Carter Nassar and where the
[2:46:46] cameras hello world. I got 3
[2:46:47] minutes to say something
[2:46:52] that's really important. Key
[2:46:53] West is unfortunately not a
[2:46:57] sanctuary more. We used to
[2:46:58] take care of the people who
[2:47:02] came here. Go. On a
[2:47:02] life-threatening mission.
[2:47:07] Cross the ocean. And this was
[2:47:11] a place of opportunity for
[2:47:12] >> There's co-worker's family
[2:47:15] members. There's people who
[2:47:16] are trying to support a
[2:47:21] family. Try not to come at
[2:47:21] this with an emotional
[2:47:22] standpoint. And instead I want
[2:47:23] to try comes factual
[2:47:28] standpoint. About 93% of all
[2:47:29] people who have been picked up
[2:47:30] by ice so far they have not
[2:47:33] been convicted of a felony.
[2:47:35] The people who put out a post
[2:47:37] publicly to the key West
[2:47:38] public, they decided net pick
[2:47:39] in that early find the needle
[2:47:40] in the haystack.
[2:47:42] >> Of people who committed.
[2:47:47] Crimes that are not worth
[2:47:47] saying publicly because
[2:47:48] unfortunately depict the
[2:47:49] sharpest tool and this battle,
[2:47:51] it's not fair because what the
[2:47:54] vast amount of them being safe
[2:47:54] supporting each other, trying
[2:47:56] to help each other being. A
[2:47:59] safe citizen Key West. I think
[2:48:01] it's our job to protect those
[2:48:02] people. Fortunately for you
[2:48:05] guys. You have the power to do
[2:48:07] that. You have the voice. I
[2:48:09] have 3 minutes and I
[2:48:10] appreciate the effort us
[2:48:14] taken. It is bravery as cliche
[2:48:16] as it sounds stand up for
[2:48:17] yourself. That's the hardest
[2:48:20] thing to do. And stand up for
[2:48:21] the people who stand behind
[2:48:23] you. That's even harder
[2:48:24] because to find the courage to
[2:48:27] defend people. That takes a
[2:48:31] lot of work and you guys have
[2:48:31] done the work and got to the
[2:48:33] position where you guys are.
[2:48:34] All right. Thank you for all
[2:48:36] that you've done. I thank you
[2:48:37] for giving me these these
[2:48:43] minutes. Ands. I want to try.
[2:48:44] I know that sounds way too far
[2:48:47] fetched, but it's already too
[2:48:48] late. This is already
[2:48:48] happened. People have been
[2:48:49] picked up. People have been
[2:48:50] getting deported. And I think
[2:48:53] and that to find a solution
[2:48:54] that's that's that's where it
[2:48:55] is to find a solution find an
[2:48:56] in-between to say, hey, we can
[2:48:59] figure out. What to do from
[2:49:00] here. If we take care of
[2:49:02] what's already happened,
[2:49:04] addressing what's happened in
[2:49:06] the past and coming to an
[2:49:08] agreement can help shape the
[2:49:09] future of fair future.
[2:49:10] Something where everybody can
[2:49:11] live in and where everybody
[2:49:15] can just. Saying live in
[2:49:16] pieces as way too far. But
[2:49:17] we're all humans. And I think
[2:49:20] that to be. Treated this way
[2:49:21] because of where you came
[2:49:24] from. I don't think that's
[2:49:26] fair. I think we should be
[2:49:26] protecting the people risk
[2:49:27] their lives to get to this
[2:49:36] point. Thank you.
[2:49:37] >> a first floor just like to
[2:49:40] say everyone here for Kamin
[2:49:43] and participating and having a
[2:49:44] voice. So would you like to
[2:49:45] read the resolution one more
[2:49:47] time and then lost for
[2:49:51] emotion? Just the title?
[2:49:52] Authorizing yes, authorizing
[2:49:53] and directing the city manager
[2:49:57] to enter into into the 2.87 g
[2:49:59] voluntary memorandum of
[2:49:59] agreement United States
[2:50:00] Immigration and Customs
[2:50:01] Enforcement. Do I have a
[2:50:02] motion?
[2:50:06] >> air MADAM Mayor and
[2:50:07] commissioner Commissioner and
[2:50:13] then Commissioner Haskell.
[2:50:14] >> For over 25 years, I serve
[2:50:15] this community as a police
[2:50:16] officer, 10 of them as the
[2:50:19] chief of police. During that
[2:50:21] time, there were laws that
[2:50:21] weren't clear or needed
[2:50:25] interpretation. We often saw
[2:50:27] attorney general opinions to
[2:50:28] help us guide us on
[2:50:31] enforcement actions. Well, not
[2:50:32] binding on the courts. They're
[2:50:33] highly persuasive. And often
[2:50:37] followed. The current attorney
[2:50:41] general has opined that
[2:50:42] Florida statute 908, requires
[2:50:45] municipal police departments
[2:50:45] to enter in 2 to 8 ec. 2.87 g
[2:50:48] agreements. Or they're deemed
[2:50:51] sanctuary cities. Further. The
[2:50:52] governor and most recently,
[2:50:54] the speaker of the House have
[2:50:55] stated that the intent of
[2:50:58] Florida statute 908. Was that
[2:50:59] municipal police departments
[2:51:00] are mandated to enter into the
[2:51:03] agreements. During my tenure
[2:51:05] as a police officer. There
[2:51:06] were times that I didn't agree
[2:51:07] with the law but had to
[2:51:10] enforce it. This appears to be
[2:51:15] one of them today. That the
[2:51:17] pending did declaratory relief
[2:51:21] action filed by the city of
[2:51:21] Miami soon provides answers to
[2:51:23] missus to municipalities,
[2:51:24] legal requirements on this
[2:51:27] issue. Until that time. I
[2:51:29] believe we must follow the law
[2:51:31] and require the Key West
[2:51:32] Police Department to enter
[2:51:34] into the 2.87 g agreement. So
[2:51:38] tonight. I will vote with my
[2:51:42] head and not my heart. So
[2:51:45] MADAM Mayor, I move to approve
[2:51:45] the resolution with the
[2:51:51] following friendly amendments.
[2:51:56] In the header. I would ask to
[2:52:02] strike the word voluntary. The
[2:52:06] 3rd, whereas section. After
[2:52:09] whereas on JUNE 30th 2025, he
[2:52:11] city commission, voted to
[2:52:12] avoid. Is this sting 2.87 g
[2:52:15] agreement. I would suggest
[2:52:22] striking the rest. Including.
[2:52:26] That had. Been improperly
[2:52:29] executed without the legal
[2:52:29] authority required under the
[2:52:33] city charter. The last whereas
[2:52:38] section. I would suggest
[2:52:41] striking reinstating. And
[2:52:45] entering into. Because of my
[2:52:54] minutes. Do I have a second?
[2:52:55] Second by commissioner to see
[2:52:57] any discussion.
[2:52:58] >> I believe commissioner has
[2:53:01] school. Would like to speak.
[2:53:02] Thank you so much, MADAM
[2:53:05] Mayor.
[2:53:08] >> I
[2:53:10] >> to postpone the building on
[2:53:15] this resolution. And I motion
[2:53:15] postpone takes precedence over
[2:53:19] a regular motion.
[2:53:20] >> so we have a motion to
[2:53:25] postpone. Do I have a second?
[2:53:27] Commissioner Gruber? I just
[2:53:30] that. It might come please.
[2:53:31] >> I would suggest that we
[2:53:35] move to table.
[2:53:37] >> Under Robert's rules. So I
[2:53:38] have a motion to postpone
[2:53:41] heard. We actually want to
[2:53:41] use. Commissioner Hoover
[2:53:42] postponed table would be for
[2:53:43] the same session. So we want
[2:53:43] to
[2:53:46] >> use You want to clarify and
[2:53:47] say postpone to another
[2:53:53] meeting. It's me talking
[2:53:55] carrier the correct word if
[2:53:56] we're going postpone it to
[2:53:56] another meeting is postponed
[2:54:00] table would be too table it to
[2:54:04] later in the session. Mayor
[2:54:05] MAY I clarify?
[2:54:09] >> Yes, ma'am. So as a maker,
[2:54:10] the motion, I would like to
[2:54:11] clarify that. I would like
[2:54:12] postpone it.
[2:54:15] >> Living on this resolution
[2:54:17] until we obtain some legal
[2:54:18] clarity based on the outcome
[2:54:21] of the South Miami case.
[2:54:22] >> Okay. So we have a motion
[2:54:30] have a second.
[2:54:30] >> MADAM Mayor, I would like
[2:54:35] to comment on that. What I
[2:54:35] learned over the course of the
[2:54:39] week that we've had aside from
[2:54:41] that this really emotional
[2:54:42] subject, is that right now? We
[2:54:45] don't know what we don't know.
[2:54:47] We have not learned all of the
[2:54:48] aspects of the law that that
[2:54:51] pertain to this because we
[2:54:52] haven't really had any access
[2:54:56] to someone who is an expert
[2:54:56] immigration law. And that's
[2:54:59] something I think as the
[2:55:01] commission we owe ourselves
[2:55:02] order to make this kind
[2:55:08] decision. So is that a second?
[2:55:13] Motion to commissioner school?
[2:55:14] I think I said that well. You
[2:55:15] just wanted to clarify. Okay.
[2:55:16] So it's we have a first in a
[2:55:20] second. Any discussion. Can
[2:55:21] you call the Roll, Please?
[2:55:22] Commissioner Carey Bill
[2:55:23] Commissioner Casteel know
[2:55:26] Commissioner Haskell. Yes,
[2:55:28] commissioner Hoover. Yes.
[2:55:30] Commissioner now mayor in
[2:55:36] Vegas now. Motion fails. Okay.
[2:55:38] So now we have a motion is
[2:55:39] second on the floor motion by
[2:55:43] Commissioner Lee second by.
[2:55:44] >> Commissioner Castillo. But
[2:55:46] we have amendments which you
[2:55:49] can incorporate all if it's 7.
[2:55:53] 2, we have. MADAME Mayor, if I
[2:55:55] yes, go ahead. I would just
[2:55:58] like to make the comment that.
[2:56:01] It appears in this room that
[2:56:02] we are one human family unless
[2:56:02] we have a difference of
[2:56:08] opinions. And that doesn't
[2:56:09] seem that doesn't seem quite
[2:56:12] We we have a motion. We have
[2:56:13] we have a motion in the second
[2:56:17] on the floor. Is there any
[2:56:18] other discussion? Can
[2:56:23] amendment cities? Let America,
[2:56:23] can you give us Clarity?
[2:56:25] Commissioner Lee played right?
[2:56:26] Thank you. Okay. So in the
[2:56:30] header. The word voluntary
[2:56:36] strike. It. In the 3rd,
[2:56:42] whereas. It says, whereas on
[2:56:44] JUNE 30th 2025, to Key West
[2:56:45] City Commission voted to
[2:56:46] avoid.
[2:56:47] >> The existing to 80's 7 g
[2:56:51] agreement, comma. Strike
[2:56:56] everything there. And then
[2:56:57] that the end to the and and
[2:56:57] then
[2:57:01] >> insert. That had been
[2:57:02] improperly executed without
[2:57:04] the legal authority required
[2:57:13] under the city charter. That
[2:57:16] had been improperly executed
[2:57:17] without the legal authority
[2:57:18] required under the city
[2:57:26] charter. And the last whereas
[2:57:30] section. Striking the word
[2:57:33] reinstating. And adding
[2:57:44] entering into.
[2:57:45] >> Okay. Is there any other
[2:57:51] discussion? Commissioner.
[2:57:53] Commissioner tearing up I just
[2:57:55] need some clarity. I have some
[2:58:01] questions Missus, Harden.
[2:58:01] Since we have these amendments
[2:58:06] that were discussing. Also was
[2:58:09] this resolution, in fact, I
[2:58:10] know it. Commissioner Lee is
[2:58:11] proposing that had been
[2:58:13] improperly executed. Without
[2:58:18] the legal authority. That is
[2:58:21] in that city charter. But I
[2:58:23] need some clarity as to. First
[2:58:27] of all, we have said that. The
[2:58:29] chief enters into Emily Hughes
[2:58:31] often. Is that correct? So
[2:58:35] that's different in others,
[2:58:36] other agreements and what the
[2:58:37] statutes, there's specific
[2:58:38] statutes for certain w's in
[2:58:39] different agreements for law
[2:58:44] enforcement and duties. But
[2:58:45] again, specifically, I don't
[2:58:47] know statute the time had it
[2:58:48] does say to be signed by the
[2:58:52] executive of enforcement
[2:58:53] agency. I read that as being
[2:58:53] the city manager, though, as
[2:58:57] well. Okay. So so that i
[2:59:01] understand. The chief of
[2:59:02] police does enter into and
[2:59:04] we'll use. Maybe not
[2:59:05] regularly. But that has
[2:59:09] occurred. Yes, does sign. Use.
[2:59:14] I can't speak to previously.
[2:59:14] One has not come in front of
[2:59:15] me since I've been in this
[2:59:16] position. If it were, I would
[2:59:19] it suggests with the
[2:59:20] authority.
[2:59:22] >> In our charter and in the
[2:59:23] think resolutions there hasn't
[2:59:24] been delegated authority due
[2:59:26] specifically for that.
[2:59:27] >> We asked the chief of
[2:59:29] police That's put on the spot.
[2:59:33] Chief. MADAM Mayor.
[2:59:37] Commissioner see finished. No,
[2:59:38] no. I'd like to get an answer
[2:59:40] on that first. If that's ok
[2:59:42] with you, MR. City manager.
[2:59:45] MADAM Mayor. Yes,
[2:59:46] commissioner, it's absolutely
[2:59:47] ok that you get the answers
[2:59:59] you as Commissioner Lee stated
[3:00:02] our last meeting. And I also
[3:00:04] stated in our last meeting
[3:00:06] with the city manager
[3:00:07] approval, there are Mo using a
[3:00:10] moist that I do sign some of
[3:00:11] them. We add a line for the
[3:00:12] city manager and I both to
[3:00:14] sign. But most of the month,
[3:00:14] the chief law enforcement
[3:00:17] officer. The top police
[3:00:18] officer to sign them. That's
[3:00:26] me, Anderson. It. And so. If
[3:00:27] that is a common practice in
[3:00:29] does take place here at the
[3:00:30] city in has happened in the
[3:00:38] past. Why was that agreement?
[3:00:44] Not proper? I want I don't
[3:00:44] want to speak to other
[3:00:46] agreements, but I would
[3:00:46] ultimately say without seeing
[3:00:48] them that could be they could
[3:00:51] be unenforceable as well.
[3:00:51] Ultimately, that would again
[3:00:54] depend on the nature of it.
[3:00:55] But if he's here to sign
[3:00:57] individually without the
[3:00:57] delegated authority or the
[3:00:58] authority under our charter.
[3:01:00] And those the invalid
[3:01:06] contracts as well. Does the
[3:01:06] city manager have the
[3:01:08] authority and Mahe delegate
[3:01:09] that authority to the chief of
[3:01:13] police to sign a document. I
[3:01:14] think the delegation we need
[3:01:15] to come for the commission and
[3:01:16] in a resolution that says they
[3:01:18] have that specific authority
[3:01:20] to sign the charter specific,
[3:01:21] too. The city manager doesn't
[3:01:22] state in there that his power
[3:01:25] is to delegate. That
[3:01:25] specifically there are
[3:01:27] delegations as to the chief of
[3:01:29] police and to the chief of the
[3:01:30] fire department. But that
[3:01:31] specifically to this sign
[3:01:33] minutes of the duties of their
[3:01:35] officers. So it's not specific
[3:01:36] as to what they have the
[3:01:40] authority to side. Is it
[3:01:42] specific to the city manager?
[3:01:45] I'm Thank you, MADAM Mayor, is
[3:01:47] it specific to the city
[3:01:48] manager not being able to
[3:01:49] delegate to the chief of
[3:01:50] police, the authority to sign
[3:01:53] an agreement such as this one.
[3:01:54] It's it doesn't have any
[3:01:54] authority and silent
[3:02:08] ultimately. And then I think
[3:02:11] my final question was. Maybe
[3:02:11] not the final question. But
[3:02:19] for this round would have. We
[3:02:22] have would we have been able
[3:02:23] retroactively approved that at
[3:02:24] the last meeting? Yes, you
[3:02:28] could have ratified ratified
[3:02:29] the agreement that the last
[3:02:30] meeting stated. Just for
[3:02:35] clarity. That. So ultimately
[3:02:38] you ratifying if you were to
[3:02:40] ratify that contracts, you've
[3:02:40] been saying that he had the
[3:02:41] authority to sign that you
[3:02:42] would be giving him the
[3:02:43] authority once you're out of 5
[3:02:47] that time. All right,
[3:02:54] Commissioner Christina. I
[3:03:01] don't I mainly. Supported
[3:03:02] because not only talking to
[3:03:05] the sheriff.
[3:03:06] >> They haven't made any ice
[3:03:10] raids. Anything that I know of
[3:03:14] that. I 2 to the fact that
[3:03:18] it's going to change the
[3:03:18] character of our police
[3:03:19] department. We know chief, we
[3:03:22] know his guys. We know I'll
[3:03:24] share of and we know pretty
[3:03:27] much the offices, however. I
[3:03:34] was. So moved. We will be in
[3:03:35] racially profiled. And that's
[3:03:42] not so. I spoke the chief. I
[3:03:47] spoke to sheriff and again. I
[3:03:48] think we come from a tight
[3:03:49] knit community and we needed
[3:03:52] to put this to bed. I mean,
[3:03:53] just keep going over and over.
[3:03:54] We have to comply with the
[3:03:57] law. Anyway, am I correct?
[3:04:03] Assistant? Ow. Ice,
[3:04:03] immigration, Customs, Border
[3:04:06] Patrol.
[3:04:09] >> Yes, ultimately chapter
[3:04:09] 908.
[3:04:10] >> And I believe they would do
[3:04:10] that. You know, in a in a case
[3:04:12] that is needed. But if we kept
[3:04:16] this going. This is going to
[3:04:24] be okay. Never end. And I feel
[3:04:25] really and truly it's it's
[3:04:27] gotten really out of hand. To
[3:04:31] the point where Chief Bratton,
[3:04:32] the bird, like he lost about
[3:04:42] 10 pounds. Excuse me, well,
[3:04:43] anyway, I'm sorry, chief. It
[3:04:44] took this long to get this
[3:04:47] preshow few. But
[3:04:48] >> all right. Commissioner
[3:04:56] Hoover, had a comment. When we
[3:04:56] talking about the memorandum
[3:05:00] of understanding.
[3:05:00] >> I don't think that this
[3:05:02] commission can afford to not
[3:05:08] have some say so over sight of
[3:05:10] something that is a philosophy
[3:05:12] like this. It's one thing to
[3:05:13] talk about buying a truck
[3:05:15] because we have some
[3:05:19] arrangement with one of other.
[3:05:19] She entities, whether it's a
[3:05:22] state or county or whatever.
[3:05:22] But this is way too important
[3:05:27] to just say that's we always
[3:05:28] do it that way. It's
[3:05:29] memorandum understanding. It's
[3:05:32] not. This is something that
[3:05:34] was obviously at the heart our
[3:05:38] city and people and to say so.
[3:05:39] And we had to listen to that
[3:05:42] before. We can't what somebody
[3:05:43] make a decision like this
[3:05:44] without us knowing about this.
[3:05:46] When I was trying to say.
[3:05:48] Commissioner school. Thank
[3:05:51] you, MADAM Mayor.
[3:05:53] >> We did not believe that we
[3:05:55] were breaking the law on JUNE
[3:05:57] 30th when we passed that
[3:06:00] resolution and we are not. We
[3:06:02] are not breaking the law now.
[3:06:03] If we let that resolution
[3:06:09] stand many well informed
[3:06:11] citizens. An excellent lawyers
[3:06:14] agree that U.S. Has obligation
[3:06:18] to enter into a 2.87 g
[3:06:19] agreement. I'm like a sheriff
[3:06:21] who has entered into it
[3:06:23] municipal police chief. That's
[3:06:25] not what you're into it. There
[3:06:27] is requirement in federal law
[3:06:30] to sign such an agreement.
[3:06:32] There's no requirement in
[3:06:34] state law for a municipality
[3:06:38] to sign such an agreement.
[3:06:38] Congress, the U.S. Congress
[3:06:41] and the state legislature have
[3:06:44] both declined to create such a
[3:06:45] requirement. They have the
[3:06:46] opportunity to create such a
[3:06:47] requirement and they have
[3:06:49] declined to do so. Neither the
[3:06:50] governor nor the state
[3:06:54] attorney can override
[3:06:55] legislature and enact such a
[3:07:03] requirement on own. We're the
[3:07:04] ideal opinion that the
[3:07:05] attorney general offered in
[3:07:08] his letter. Commissioner Lee,
[3:07:11] that was not a formal legal
[3:07:11] opinion, as you might request
[3:07:12] from the attorney general.
[3:07:16] That was a statement he made
[3:07:16] you know, in a letter which
[3:07:17] is, you know, his
[3:07:19] interpretation at the time.
[3:07:21] But it does not follow state
[3:07:25] law or or federal law. So if
[3:07:25] unconvincing, anyone who voted
[3:07:30] on the winning side of the
[3:07:33] previous motion and and to to
[3:07:35] not postpone, you would have
[3:07:36] the opportunity right now to
[3:07:38] ask that that motion be
[3:07:42] reconsidered because of if we
[3:07:45] follow the lead of the city of
[3:07:45] South Miami and we have that
[3:07:47] this is no harm done. We're
[3:07:50] not doing anything extra
[3:07:52] anything different. As I said,
[3:07:53] we did not believe we breaking
[3:07:57] the law. Then if we passes
[3:08:00] this current resolution had a
[3:08:01] rolling over and playing dead
[3:08:01] and said, yeah, we I guess we
[3:08:03] didn't break the law, but we
[3:08:06] did not. And we should stand
[3:08:07] for what is true and what is
[3:08:13] just postpone this. Motion get
[3:08:17] some more legal clarity.
[3:08:18] >> MADAM Mayor Commissioner
[3:08:19] Commission asked if you if you
[3:08:21] listen carefully to what I
[3:08:22] said, I said that the attorney
[3:08:23] general's opinion is not
[3:08:26] binding. It's highly
[3:08:27] persuasive. Excuse me. And
[3:08:33] it's what. Often. Use to take
[3:08:33] enforcement actions. That's
[3:08:37] what I said. Any other
[3:08:41] discussion. Commissioner Jerry
[3:08:45] Clerk if I would like to make
[3:08:47] a motion to pass a resolution,
[3:08:47] as is we would have to take
[3:08:49] the vote on this first. Is
[3:08:51] that correct? What we can
[3:08:55] break out the amendments. I
[3:08:56] mean, he's he's made a motion
[3:08:57] with 3 amendments. So you can
[3:08:59] either break them out.
[3:09:00] >> Or you can vote on this.
[3:09:03] And then.
[3:09:06] >> I would prefer because of
[3:09:07] that.
[3:09:07] >> The motion to amend higher
[3:09:09] than the main motion. So he's
[3:09:12] essentially amended. So we
[3:09:14] would take each of the
[3:09:15] amendment separately and then
[3:09:17] vote on the resolution as
[3:09:18] whatever amendment had passed
[3:09:19] with the attached to the
[3:09:22] resolution wrecked.
[3:09:22] >> I would like to that way,
[3:09:26] if that's okay. I would like
[3:09:26] to take the amendment
[3:09:32] separately. Okay. Okay. So the
[3:09:32] first one would be we don't
[3:09:33] need to first and second for
[3:09:35] this because we're we've
[3:09:36] already established to strike
[3:09:40] voluntary from the MADAM.
[3:09:44] We're going to the amendment
[3:09:44] now. Yes, because I need to
[3:09:47] axe to chief. One final
[3:09:49] question. Discussion and the
[3:09:53] city attorney. Based on the
[3:09:58] amendments. It's based on. The
[3:10:05] whole. 2.87 Staff recommend
[3:10:08] this. I guess is what I'm You
[3:10:16] as the attorney. Could give
[3:10:18] advice on, I guess the
[3:10:19] legality of what you're
[3:10:19] looking to do. Can be more
[3:10:20] specific and want get your
[3:10:20] question is.
[3:10:22] >> Well,
[3:10:24] >> I'm reading the attorney
[3:10:28] general's so. Do you follow
[3:10:32] the attorney general's letter?
[3:10:35] To entirety?
[3:10:35] >> So the attorney General
[3:10:38] states that. If they are of
[3:10:43] the position that by not or
[3:10:44] disagreeing in are prohibiting
[3:10:45] not entry into this of law
[3:10:46] enforcement wants to be
[3:10:49] entered by us voided by you
[3:10:51] avoiding the JUNE 30th meeting
[3:10:52] that creates a sanctuary
[3:10:52] policy and they're claiming
[3:10:53] that that is a violation of
[3:10:57] chapter 908, there is no
[3:10:59] precedent. That's established.
[3:11:00] So I don't disagree that it
[3:11:02] could be argued either way,
[3:11:04] but that is the attorney
[3:11:06] general's position. And if you
[3:11:07] know, there's there is an
[3:11:09] enforcement provision in
[3:11:11] there. So with the
[3:11:11] determination on how to
[3:11:12] proceed would be up to, you
[3:11:13] know, it's kind of a judgment
[3:11:15] call on that one on what is.
[3:11:19] It is that? An actual, you
[3:11:20] know, is it Lauren And I think
[3:11:21] as Commissioner Lee stated,
[3:11:25] you know, they make opinions.
[3:11:27] It's not binding until a court
[3:11:28] decides. So as of right now,
[3:11:29] the court hasn't decided. And
[3:11:30] that's what the city of South
[3:11:30] Miami is looking for them to
[3:11:46] do. Then opinion as a of the
[3:11:49] 2.87 with the amendments. As
[3:11:52] Commissioner Lee said, we
[3:11:53] frequently reach out to the
[3:11:56] attorney general for his
[3:11:57] opinion, they're not binding,
[3:12:00] but we generally follow those.
[3:12:00] >> For enforcement, you have
[3:12:03] the attorney general's letter.
[3:12:04] It's on its for you determine
[3:12:08] what that letter means. Okay.
[3:12:08] >> And the same as what the
[3:12:12] sheriff say it. I mean, they
[3:12:17] have enter into the 2.87 g.
[3:12:20] It's voluntary. What ow. But
[3:12:21] how do you feel about it is
[3:12:22] going to change out department
[3:12:24] into ice agents? I guess is
[3:12:26] what I'm trying to.
[3:12:27] >> We are not conducting any
[3:12:28] raids of any kind. Okay. Thank
[3:12:35] you. All right. So where so
[3:12:37] we're now voting on just
[3:12:38] striking voluntary from the
[3:12:39] title, correct? Can you call
[3:12:41] the roll? Please, Commissioner
[3:12:42] Carey? Yes. Commissioner
[3:12:46] Castillo. Commissioner
[3:12:51] Haskell. Commissioner Hoover's
[3:12:53] now commissioner Yes, Mayor
[3:12:56] Henry guess? Yes, motion
[3:12:59] passes. Now voting on strike
[3:13:04] taking 3rd, whereas. Leaving
[3:13:05] first part of first sentence
[3:13:07] up to agreement striking the
[3:13:11] rest and inserting that had
[3:13:11] been improperly executed
[3:13:12] without the legal authority
[3:13:17] under the city charter. Okay.
[3:13:18] Can you call the Roll? Police
[3:13:19] Commissioner Carey know
[3:13:21] Commissioner Castillo.
[3:13:25] Commissioner Haskell.
[3:13:27] Commissioner Hoover. Yes,
[3:13:30] commissioner Lee. Yes, mayor
[3:13:32] Henry guess yes. Motion
[3:13:36] passes. And then finally in
[3:13:38] the last, whereas section
[3:13:41] striking reinstating an a
[3:13:45] inserting entering into.
[3:13:47] Commissioner Carey know
[3:13:48] Commissioner Castillo know
[3:13:52] Commissioner Haskell.
[3:13:55] >> Could you repeat that?
[3:13:55] Please?
[3:13:56] >> Yeah. The very last.
[3:13:57] Whereas before we get to now,
[3:14:01] therefore. Near the end of the
[3:14:02] sentence, he wants to strike
[3:14:06] reinstating. Change that to
[3:14:08] entering into the 87 g
[3:14:13] agreement. Note.
[3:14:17] >> Commissioner Hoover Snow,
[3:14:19] Commissioner Lee. Yes, mayor
[3:14:20] guess yes. Okay. So that did
[3:14:24] not pass. The only changes
[3:14:27] that that's moving actually to
[3:14:27] changes are moving forward.
[3:14:32] Striking voluntary. And And
[3:14:33] were inserting the language
[3:14:34] that had been improperly
[3:14:34] executed without the legal
[3:14:35] authority under the city
[3:14:38] charter. So now we're going to
[3:14:41] take a vote.
[3:14:42] >> a proven I offered
[3:14:47] amendment. Open amendment just
[3:14:51] like an a. Amendment to the
[3:14:55] existing motion yet I would
[3:14:56] like to add the whereas
[3:14:58] clauses that would say that
[3:14:58] whereas the commission acted
[3:15:01] in good faith. As you MAY
[3:15:05] either. Only 5 hits either the
[3:15:09] plain text Florida statute
[3:15:12] 908, nor standing judicial
[3:15:13] agreements state excuse me
[3:15:15] standing judicial rulings
[3:15:16] require participating in any
[3:15:17] program or the Mont authorized
[3:15:20] under section 2.87 of the
[3:15:22] immigration and Nationality
[3:15:28] Act. 8 usc as 1, 3, 5, 7, you
[3:15:31] could find that language on.
[3:15:35] Page 2 of. The resolution that
[3:15:37] we previously passed
[3:15:43] resolution number, 25 1.61
[3:15:43] With that. The verbatim?
[3:15:44] Because I'm gonna probably
[3:15:46] need that. Yeah. Okay.
[3:15:47] >> Did everybody understand
[3:15:49] the spirit of what she would
[3:15:52] you repeating that
[3:15:53] commissioner? Sure.
[3:15:54] >> like on Yeah, let's states
[3:15:59] let's look. Point is
[3:16:06] >> We we acted in good faith
[3:16:07] that last weekend to suggested
[3:16:08] amendment is whereas the
[3:16:11] commission acted in good faith
[3:16:12] has neither the plane tax of
[3:16:15] Florida statute 908, nor
[3:16:18] standing judicial rulings
[3:16:19] require participating in any
[3:16:22] program or agreement
[3:16:24] authorized under section 2.87,
[3:16:25] the Immigration and
[3:16:26] Nationality Act and then the
[3:16:37] citation follows.
[3:16:38] >> Yes, I'm good. I'm actually
[3:16:38] going to pull up the
[3:16:43] resolution. From last time.
[3:16:44] Can you tell me what page that
[3:16:46] was on commissioner? Yeah is
[3:16:51] on page 2 the resolution with
[3:16:54] the underlines and straight
[3:16:56] through what was added at that
[3:17:00] meeting. What was added I
[3:17:01] think that's what the
[3:17:03] resolution as it was finally
[3:17:04] adopted. Okay. It was
[3:17:05] different than the resolution
[3:17:06] let me pull Several
[3:17:21] amendments. Yeah.
[3:17:24] >> and
[3:17:25] >> my point is that there is
[3:17:29] and a legal support that not
[3:17:31] entering into a 2.87 g
[3:17:33] Agreement is permissible for a
[3:17:34] municipality. So I don't want
[3:17:39] to. You know, put the city on
[3:17:40] the record, even though I
[3:17:40] don't agree with approving
[3:17:42] this resolution at all, if
[3:17:45] you're going to approve it, I
[3:17:47] don't want to put us on the
[3:17:50] record saying that saying
[3:17:51] something that's that's that's
[3:17:57] not true.
[3:17:57] >> Terribly. Sorry,
[3:18:01] commissioner, I can't find the
[3:18:01] language you're talking about.
[3:18:02] This is in the amended
[3:18:03] resolution. We passed on the
[3:18:05] 30th. Resolution number. 25
[3:18:11] 1.61 a second page. Kerry, I
[3:18:15] believe, 3 whereas on a second
[3:18:16] date yet, whereas neither the
[3:18:19] plain text of Florida statute
[3:18:21] 908, nor standing judicial
[3:18:22] rulings require participating
[3:18:24] in any program or agreement
[3:18:25] authorized under section 2.87
[3:18:25] of the Immigration and
[3:18:29] Nationality Act.
[3:18:32] >> So it's what she just read.
[3:18:33] But
[3:18:33] >> with a little bit before
[3:18:34] that, that says the commission
[3:18:36] acted in good faith.
[3:18:37] >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. I added
[3:18:42] those words. You. Because I
[3:18:43] want to say we did something
[3:18:46] that was or illegal because
[3:18:47] that could be used against us
[3:18:49] in the future. So I'm saying
[3:18:51] we acted in good faith on JUNE
[3:18:54] 30th, which we did. So that's
[3:18:56] the amendment. That's a
[3:18:58] motion. Need a second. You
[3:18:59] have any problem with that
[3:19:04] done. So I haven't.
[3:19:04] >> Kamau shouldn't have a
[3:19:05] motion by Commissioner
[3:19:15] Haskell. Do have a second. And
[3:19:20] motion fans. So now we're back
[3:19:23] to the main motion approving
[3:19:24] this resolution as amended
[3:19:25] with the 2 changes. You a
[3:19:29] great too. Do we still have an
[3:19:30] opportunity for discussion,
[3:19:34] MADAM, you? Yes. Can't I would
[3:19:38] just like make a couple of
[3:19:39] statements here. So bear with
[3:19:43] me. Number one, just so that
[3:19:46] the residents of the city of
[3:19:49] Key West understand I am the
[3:19:51] daughter of a legal immigrant
[3:19:52] and mother came here from Cuba
[3:19:54] at the age of 7 with her
[3:19:56] mother and father and her 2
[3:20:01] siblings. And so I do support
[3:20:01] immigration. Legal immigration
[3:20:02] is what I support. Also
[3:20:04] support the laws of our state
[3:20:09] and federal government. And I
[3:20:10] think it's very important for
[3:20:10] me to have the opportunity to
[3:20:13] say that. Also the statement
[3:20:17] of be brief I I applaud you
[3:20:21] guys for being breeze. I asked
[3:20:23] Yuletide others for also being
[3:20:23] breathed, even when their
[3:20:25] opinion MAY not match yours.
[3:20:29] That is what's fair and just.
[3:20:29] On the comment of one human
[3:20:33] family. MAY we all consider
[3:20:35] each other one human family
[3:20:36] again, we don't have to agree.
[3:20:37] Let's be respectful of each
[3:20:41] other. You know how
[3:20:42] hypocritical to say one human
[3:20:43] family only if you agree with
[3:20:46] opinion. So I just wanted to
[3:20:47] make those statements and, you
[3:20:51] know, as far I rode on a lot
[3:20:52] of notes when when people were
[3:20:55] speaking here today and saying
[3:20:56] things like, you know, don't
[3:20:59] be bullied you know, speaking
[3:21:02] against hatred, a lot of those
[3:21:03] names that signed up and we're
[3:21:04] speaking today, not very
[3:21:07] hateful statements on social
[3:21:08] media. So let us all consider
[3:21:11] each other with respect. You
[3:21:15] know, I Commissioner Lopez
[3:21:16] when he came into the chambers
[3:21:19] even know he and I have very
[3:21:19] opposing views. And I just
[3:21:23] think it's important for us
[3:21:24] let's support one human
[3:21:25] family. And let's be brief.
[3:21:26] Let's allow everybody to to
[3:21:27] stand up and speak for what
[3:21:31] they believe. Are there any
[3:21:36] other comments or discussion?
[3:21:38] Kerry, can you call the Roll?
[3:21:39] Please, Commissioner Carey.
[3:21:39] Yes, commissioner Castillo.
[3:21:41] Yes. Commissioner Haskell.
[3:21:44] Know Commissioner Hoover
[3:21:46] Commissioner Lee. Rodriguez,
[3:21:51] yes, motion passes. Item
[3:21:52] number 2, authorizing the city
[3:21:55] attorney to file a
[3:21:56] declaration.
[3:21:57] >> Declan Tory judgment,
[3:21:58] action against the governor,
[3:21:59] Ron DeSantis and all necessary
[3:22:01] parties are joining the
[3:22:03] action. The city of South
[3:22:03] Miami to determine the
[3:22:05] legality of the requirement to
[3:22:08] enter into 2.87 g agreement
[3:22:09] authorizing the city attorney
[3:22:11] to take all necessary actions
[3:22:11] to effectuate the intent of
[3:22:14] this resolution. I have a
[3:22:19] motion? Oh, gosh, no, I'm
[3:22:20] sorry. We have we do have
[3:22:21] speakers accounts. Apologies
[3:22:25] for pick. Yes. The first is
[3:22:26] Lucy Hawk and then Chris
[3:22:39] McNulty.
[3:22:40] >> Thank you for letting me
[3:22:45] speaking I understand that you
[3:22:46] guys feel the to sign the 2.87
[3:22:48] g, although I do not agree
[3:22:48] that this was the best thing
[3:22:52] for the city. You are the ones
[3:22:52] who are supposed to speak.
[3:22:53] Resident respect your position
[3:22:56] as leaders, although we very
[3:22:58] much do not see eye to eye on
[3:22:59] this. But now I'm gonna ask
[3:23:01] you to also fight. We just
[3:23:04] particularly just protected
[3:23:07] ourselves from the state, from
[3:23:09] their threats from them
[3:23:10] telling you that you need to
[3:23:11] do this. You guys decided you
[3:23:13] want to do that. But that
[3:23:15] doesn't mean we can't also
[3:23:17] joined the lawsuit. The South
[3:23:19] Miami, we can do both. It's
[3:23:22] not a one or the other. And a
[3:23:23] lot of attorneys were in this
[3:23:25] room that are way smarter than
[3:23:26] me. That said, you guys have a
[3:23:30] really strong case. I'm not an
[3:23:33] attorney. I don't know, is
[3:23:35] passing a resolution just past
[3:23:36] makes your case weaker. But I
[3:23:37] think you deserve it to all of
[3:23:38] the people that were in this
[3:23:41] room to find out. And that is
[3:23:43] not something that's going to
[3:23:43] happen overnight. And urge you
[3:23:47] to really consider the
[3:23:50] obligation to hear all of your
[3:23:51] constituents.
[3:23:52] >> Because there were 2 people
[3:23:54] who spoke tonight favor of
[3:23:54] 2.87 g.
[3:23:57] >> And a lot more that did it.
[3:23:59] I don't know where your moral
[3:24:01] bounds are on what you need to
[3:24:02] follow in percentages of who
[3:24:05] supports showing who doesn't.
[3:24:06] But that seems a little off
[3:24:07] balance. So maybe as a way let
[3:24:10] you know, redeem everybody who
[3:24:14] spoke and could fight.
[3:24:14] >> And I really encourage you
[3:24:16] to do that. And I mean that
[3:24:17] respectfully and all of the
[3:24:19] people who spoke tonight.
[3:24:20] >> We'll have your back.
[3:24:23] Still. I will have your backs.
[3:24:25] So if you decide to join the
[3:24:25] fight and if you decide and I
[3:24:27] don't even know that it's a
[3:24:29] fight really, if you're asking
[3:24:30] for clarity, clearly to me is
[3:24:34] not a Clarity is clarity. We
[3:24:36] just want to know for doing
[3:24:37] something illegal. I don't
[3:24:38] want you to do anything
[3:24:41] illegal. I don't support. You
[3:24:42] doing anything illegal? And I
[3:24:43] don't know that a lot of
[3:24:44] people in this room do, but we
[3:24:47] do need to take the time to
[3:24:49] find out if this is wrong or
[3:24:50] right. And I think you have
[3:24:53] the chance now to do both. I
[3:24:54] hope you'll really consider
[3:24:58] that option. Thank you.
[3:25:00] >> Is Chris. Is Chris still
[3:25:04] here? Is Chris.
[3:25:08] >> Okay. Madalyn bomb. And
[3:25:13] then fill are here. That will
[3:25:14] go to many Hartman if he's
[3:25:25] here. MAY just a second chair.
[3:25:27] >> I am not an expert in the
[3:25:31] law. However, I am a pretty
[3:25:35] pretty good with the Bible.
[3:25:36] And anyone who tells you that
[3:25:39] there is only way one way to
[3:25:39] interpret scripture is pretty
[3:25:44] sadly mistaken. In seminary.
[3:25:45] We learned that because GOD
[3:25:50] speaks to every person through
[3:25:50] scripture interpretations MAY
[3:25:54] definitely very there are
[3:25:55] thousands of biblical scholars
[3:25:57] and theologians. Who are much
[3:26:01] smarter than me who debate the
[3:26:01] meaning of scripture for their
[3:26:05] whole lives. Scriptures, a
[3:26:05] living word of GOD. So we
[3:26:07] cannot ever just read a
[3:26:08] sentence and take it at face
[3:26:13] value. There is context,
[3:26:14] historical meaning intent.
[3:26:15] Translation issues and many
[3:26:18] other things to consider. When
[3:26:19] looking for the true meaning
[3:26:20] of scripture. And this is why
[3:26:23] I get frustrated with people
[3:26:25] who and isolate one line of
[3:26:27] scripture and use it as a
[3:26:29] weapon to attack others are
[3:26:30] hammer home their own warped
[3:26:34] agendas. I believe. That the
[3:26:37] law is very much the same.
[3:26:38] Laws are meant to be
[3:26:40] interpreted by the courts. And
[3:26:41] that is how we do things here
[3:26:44] in the U.S. Law is written,
[3:26:45] but then there can be various
[3:26:48] interpretations of that law.
[3:26:50] So the courts are charged with
[3:26:51] interpreting laws. So why
[3:26:53] would we not want to challenge
[3:26:56] the attorney general and the
[3:26:58] governor's interpretation of
[3:27:00] the law instead of simply
[3:27:01] taking their interpretation at
[3:27:04] face value especially when
[3:27:05] many other smart people
[3:27:09] interpret it differently. I'm
[3:27:10] really tired of the ugly
[3:27:12] rhetoric on social media. From
[3:27:16] many people. Because they have
[3:27:18] read one sentence in a letter
[3:27:19] from Attorney general are one
[3:27:22] sentence of scripture and they
[3:27:23] decide to verbally attack
[3:27:26] other people who have
[3:27:27] different interpretations.
[3:27:29] It's really not acceptable any
[3:27:31] longer. So I ask you to
[3:27:33] consider on item number 2,
[3:27:34] which is what I hope are still
[3:27:35] on because I was outside
[3:27:38] praying with some people. And
[3:27:40] I ask you to see an answer
[3:27:41] from the courts and the
[3:27:44] questions around 2.87 g,
[3:27:45] whether we do it in our own or
[3:27:47] in conjunction with the city
[3:27:58] of South Miami. Thank you.
[3:28:02] Hello again.
[3:28:03] >> money is because we
[3:28:04] resident district one. I'm the
[3:28:07] executive director of the
[3:28:09] Community Center. I didn't
[3:28:11] actually prepare statement for
[3:28:13] and my heart is racing. So I'm
[3:28:14] just going to speak from my
[3:28:15] heart because when it's
[3:28:15] racing, it's speaking the
[3:28:18] truth. I don't even know if
[3:28:20] this resolution is even
[3:28:21] something that makes sense
[3:28:23] anymore. Now that we've signed
[3:28:27] with the 2.87 g Agreement, I
[3:28:28] do want to say that I do
[3:28:30] believe that you've now forced
[3:28:31] a lot of people on this island
[3:28:32] to do illegal things because
[3:28:33] we are going to protect our
[3:28:36] neighbors and our friends. So
[3:28:40] that's rough. And I'm
[3:28:41] incredibly disappointed in the
[3:28:46] city that I call home. I
[3:28:49] really hope that you take a
[3:28:50] lot of time in 9 to think
[3:28:54] through the decision that you
[3:28:55] make yourselves right with And
[3:29:01] that's all I have to say.
[3:29:01] >> So is there Manning
[3:29:06] apartment? How Joanna entre
[3:29:11] Zach? Brailey, Prescott,
[3:29:15] Aruba. Wayne Dumpster. Erik, a
[3:29:20] jewel. Genevieve, don't think
[3:29:31] Julie Brown.
[3:29:35] >> Hello Commissioners, I did
[3:29:36] not also plan to speak on
[3:29:37] this. I signed up become the
[3:29:38] first one and I was skipped. I
[3:29:40] understand was a mistake. Had
[3:29:43] a good one for you. I'm very
[3:29:45] disheartened and disappointed
[3:29:48] that you just voted to ignore
[3:29:49] legal advice and not seek
[3:29:51] additional legal information
[3:29:54] that is what year role is
[3:29:58] here. You should be getting
[3:29:59] legal information to make a
[3:30:03] factual and legal decision. So
[3:30:04] I do ask that you join this
[3:30:05] lawsuit to see can get that
[3:30:10] clarity. I'm afraid of what
[3:30:11] this community has ahead of
[3:30:12] them based on the decision to
[3:30:16] enter the 2.87 g I'm afraid of
[3:30:16] what is going to do to our
[3:30:19] community members who are in
[3:30:23] fear now, people who are
[3:30:24] friends and support the local
[3:30:25] police source as we most of us
[3:30:29] do not just conservatives. And
[3:30:29] it's at their members of our
[3:30:33] community to so this is going
[3:30:36] to put everybody in a really
[3:30:37] difficult position. The best
[3:30:38] thing you can do now is to
[3:30:39] join this lawsuit and get
[3:30:41] clarity and to fight for
[3:30:47] humanity. My mom sent me. The
[3:30:49] text tonight and said
[3:30:50] >> Praying for humanity to
[3:31:00] prevail. Sorry, mom.
[3:31:01] >> For this foster. Still
[3:31:07] here. Or Julie Hill. Or Bert
[3:31:07] Weiss much the that Stacy
[3:31:16] Stall. Killed in Niles.
[3:31:17] >> I think that's it. Anyone
[3:31:18] else want to speak on number
[3:31:26] 2. All right. Thank you. So do
[3:31:29] we have a motion? Can I 0.1
[3:31:32] thing out? Yeah.
[3:31:34] >> Actually a colleague of
[3:31:35] mine e-mailed me and I asked
[3:31:36] Commissioner Coffin for
[3:31:37] clarity. But I think in the
[3:31:37] lot very last, whereas
[3:31:41] section. It says it's in the
[3:31:42] best interest of the city of
[3:31:44] South Miami. And I think that
[3:31:44] needs to be changed to key
[3:31:56] West. Just to make that. I
[3:31:57] think it's just a script
[3:32:05] scrivener's error. So.
[3:32:06] >> with that Correction
[3:32:08] Commissioner Haskell.
[3:32:12] >> Thank you, MADAM Mayor, in
[3:32:13] the interest of compromise,
[3:32:16] like to move to approve this
[3:32:18] resolution with a an important
[3:32:20] change that would be to delete
[3:32:23] in the heading to delete the
[3:32:25] part that authorizes the city
[3:32:27] attorney to file a declaratory
[3:32:29] judgment action against the
[3:32:30] governor, Ron DeSantis and all
[3:32:34] necessary parties soaps. Get
[3:32:35] that far because it's kind
[3:32:37] either or situation. So skip
[3:32:38] that part, no declaratory
[3:32:42] judgment. But agreed to join
[3:32:43] in the action of the city of
[3:32:45] South Miami to determine the
[3:32:46] legality of requirement to
[3:32:48] enter into this 2.87
[3:32:51] agreement. So that's I'm
[3:32:52] suggesting that support the
[3:32:55] efforts of the city of Miami.
[3:33:00] And we do not request attorney
[3:33:00] to file the declaratory
[3:33:07] judgment.
[3:33:08] >> With that, we have a second
[3:33:12] on her emotion. Show second by
[3:33:13] Commissioner Gruber. Any other
[3:33:17] discussion questions? Let's go
[3:33:24] back the studio. That's going
[3:33:26] to costs us money in city of
[3:33:29] Key West. Joining this little
[3:33:34] so. It would depend if we
[3:33:35] joined in how that would work
[3:33:36] if it was just too.
[3:33:40] >> Take that out. Have to look
[3:33:40] to see what the language of
[3:33:41] the actual section say
[3:33:44] regarding that. If we joined
[3:33:46] into their lawsuit to it, more
[3:33:47] cost-effective than filing our
[3:33:54] own. Just going to have an
[3:34:08] opinion from you. I know. But
[3:34:08] >> the motion I mean,
[3:34:11] agreement that we teach this
[3:34:12] have any bear on the agreement
[3:34:15] that we just pass. I would I
[3:34:19] would defer can attorney I. I
[3:34:20] don't have an opinion on this.
[3:34:24] What was the question? The
[3:34:29] 2.87 g agreement and us.
[3:34:33] Joining know though,
[3:34:34] Miami-Dade in the lawsuit
[3:34:35] against DeSantis and Gov. The
[3:34:39] governor.
[3:34:40] >> Would it have any effect?
[3:34:40] Yes, it wouldn't have any
[3:34:42] effect until a decision was
[3:34:43] made and then it would come
[3:34:43] back to the commission to
[3:34:44] decide if you want to
[3:34:46] terminate it based on what the
[3:34:47] decision is, if it is a
[3:34:49] requirement is it's a law and
[3:34:51] that would be something that
[3:34:52] we would term. And at that
[3:34:53] point, once the decisions made
[3:34:55] by the court commission them
[3:34:59] in.
[3:34:59] >> I'm not necessarily opposed
[3:35:07] to. Joining. The dec action.
[3:35:11] With South Miami. But I'm not
[3:35:16] sure. I'm not sure doing it.
[3:35:20] Spending money to do it. The
[3:35:23] end result is. My aunt South.
[3:35:24] Miami is going to get an
[3:35:29] answer. One way or another.
[3:35:33] The judge is going either so
[3:35:34] way I see it and correct me
[3:35:34] over the judge is either going
[3:35:37] to say. I'm not giving you an
[3:35:38] answer because you don't have
[3:35:42] standing. Or the judge is
[3:35:43] going to answer the questions
[3:35:43] that Miami South Miami's
[3:35:47] already asked.
[3:35:48] >> Correct. So, yes, they did.
[3:35:48] They'd have to get past the
[3:35:50] motion to dismiss on the
[3:35:51] standing portion and then
[3:35:52] before they could get to those
[3:35:55] on specific dec actions that
[3:35:56] they're asking for the court
[3:35:58] to decide on. So therefore.
[3:35:59] >> We we would only be joining
[3:36:03] this dec action. As moral
[3:36:09] support. To get the same
[3:36:12] answers and well into complete
[3:36:14] honesty are facts would be a
[3:36:14] little different, I think
[3:36:15] because I think the argument
[3:36:18] in the motion to dismiss is
[3:36:20] that they don't have standing
[3:36:22] because there was no threat
[3:36:22] for moving or suspension of
[3:36:26] the mayor and that nature. As
[3:36:27] the city, it could be argued
[3:36:29] that we might have a better
[3:36:29] chance at standing on that
[3:36:30] because there has been a
[3:36:34] threat as a threat in acted
[3:36:35] upon. Not at this time. So
[3:36:37] again, that would be something
[3:36:38] to argue have been vetted.
[3:36:40] Those arguments fully. But as
[3:36:41] to standing, I mean, it could
[3:36:42] be argued again, either way.
[3:36:46] But I woods date that we would
[3:36:48] have we potentially have that
[3:36:48] are standing just based on the
[3:36:51] letter we did receive in our
[3:36:52] resolution. We passed on the
[3:36:57] 25th. And the resolution we.
[3:36:59] In that resolution. We we gave
[3:37:04] our support. We voted to
[3:37:05] support South Miami in their
[3:37:09] efforts. I'm just not sure
[3:37:13] whether it's not sure doing
[3:37:14] this in spending the money. I
[3:37:16] mean, if if my if if, indeed,
[3:37:21] South Miami. If the judge says
[3:37:22] you don't have standing, then
[3:37:24] night.
[3:37:26] >> I could see supporting us
[3:37:28] saying, ok, they didn't have
[3:37:29] standing. We should go in now
[3:37:30] and give it a shot and 6. See
[3:37:31] if we have standing and get
[3:37:33] the answers. But I'm not sure.
[3:37:35] Joining them right now. Kind
[3:37:39] of makes sense. This point.
[3:37:40] >> And I would suggest a
[3:37:43] potential would be you do. As
[3:37:43] you stated, there is a
[3:37:44] resolution that states that
[3:37:45] you have support for South
[3:37:47] Miami and what they're doing
[3:37:51] potentially maybe if you it
[3:37:52] could be postponed to say
[3:37:52] until maybe the motion to
[3:37:54] dismiss is determined. That's
[3:37:55] something you want to consider
[3:37:57] based on that.
[3:38:05] >> you know, bring it back.
[3:38:06] >> All right. So right now we
[3:38:07] have motion and second, any
[3:38:08] other discussion on her
[3:38:10] amendment. Commissioner
[3:38:14] Haskell's amendment. You want
[3:38:15] to say the amendment one more
[3:38:15] time? I think this would be
[3:38:17] the whole thing because it is
[3:38:18] either or so. This would be
[3:38:20] the motion is to prove this
[3:38:21] resolution.
[3:38:23] >> But with choosing join in
[3:38:23] the action of the city of
[3:38:26] South Miami to determine the
[3:38:27] legality, the requirement to
[3:38:28] enter into the 2.87 g instead
[3:38:32] the first part. Authorizing
[3:38:34] the city attorney to Tafolla
[3:38:36] attack critics Any other
[3:38:42] discussion. Kerry, can you
[3:38:42] call the Roll, Please?
[3:38:44] Commissioner Carey know
[3:38:47] Commissioner Castillo,
[3:38:48] Commissioner Haskell. Yes,
[3:38:49] commissioner Hoover, yes.
[3:38:52] Commissioner Lee. Mayor Henry
[3:38:59] get Snow. Okay. Motion fails.
[3:38:59] They could be another motion
[3:39:06] or we can move on. We can move
[3:39:18] could be another. Go ahead.
[3:39:19] Item number 3, expressing
[3:39:20] support for extending
[3:39:21] temporary protected status.
[3:39:23] Tps for Haitians. And again,
[3:39:23] we do have a public comment.
[3:39:30] Okay. Seahawk. Chris McNulty.
[3:39:41] And Madeline Ball. Good
[3:39:48] evening I have a really nice.
[3:39:49] City reaffirming thing to say.
[3:39:52] But really, why don't you
[3:39:53] >> do want to just throw it
[3:39:54] all in. Do want to support
[3:39:57] anyone in this community.
[3:39:58] That's really like kind of
[3:40:02] where we're at now. In 2022.
[3:40:04] Mayor Johnson and the
[3:40:05] commission proclaimed MAY as
[3:40:07] Haitian Heritage Month.
[3:40:08] >> But it doesn't seem like
[3:40:10] any information we get the
[3:40:12] matters. So I'm really not
[3:40:12] going to even waste my time
[3:40:14] reading this because obviously
[3:40:15] you guys don't actually care
[3:40:26] about your constituents.
[3:40:33] >> I second Lucy Hawk. And
[3:40:34] then Abby Weiss. She's still
[3:40:41] here.
[3:40:43] >> Love the Lord. Your GOD,
[3:40:44] with all your heart with all
[3:40:45] your soul. And with all your
[3:40:48] strength. And the second is
[3:40:50] like it, love your neighbor as
[3:40:54] yourself. I just want to end
[3:40:55] with words of scripture. The
[3:40:57] words of Jesus, because that's
[3:41:00] how I live my life. And I know
[3:41:01] I know that. That's how all of
[3:41:03] you want to live your lives.
[3:41:05] And I don't have any idea why
[3:41:07] we would not support the
[3:41:09] extension of tps for Haitian
[3:41:16] neighbors. Thank you.
[3:41:21] >> And the Julie Hill to
[3:41:25] determine if she is here. My
[3:41:27] name is Abby Weiss regarding
[3:41:29] items 3, I'd like to share a
[3:41:30] firsthand experience with the
[3:41:31] Haitian member of our
[3:41:33] community.
[3:41:34] >> I'm a volunteer with keys
[3:41:36] to be the change and read with
[3:41:36] several Haitian students at
[3:41:39] Point Sienna Elementary. A few
[3:41:40] months ago. One of the
[3:41:43] students and I discussed the
[3:41:45] words. Optum, este and
[3:41:46] pessimist. How to spell
[3:41:49] pronounce and a fine. Every
[3:41:50] time we met, I started our
[3:41:52] conversation with our u n
[3:41:55] Optimist or a pessimist today.
[3:41:56] All refer to this child has
[3:42:01] optimist. Optimists will begin
[3:42:01] be in the fall and in an
[3:42:02] effort to ensure they are as
[3:42:05] prepared as possible. We
[3:42:06] agreed we would like to
[3:42:06] continue reading together over
[3:42:11] the summer. I work with kids
[3:42:11] to be the change and the
[3:42:13] Pointe Sienna parent educator
[3:42:16] to schedule reaching kids over
[3:42:18] the summer is difficult. So I
[3:42:20] was excited JUNE 24th. When I
[3:42:20] heard when I learned we had a
[3:42:21] meeting scheduled for JUNE
[3:42:25] 30th. Optimist wants to be a
[3:42:26] cardiologist and I was ready
[3:42:27] with materials to learn about
[3:42:30] how the heart works. New
[3:42:33] vocabulary and and and help
[3:42:34] bring that dream a tiny step
[3:42:38] closer to reality. I want to
[3:42:39] help optimist see that. A
[3:42:41] career as a cardiologist is a
[3:42:42] possibility and there are
[3:42:43] invested partners to help make
[3:42:47] that happen. On JUNE. 27th the
[3:42:49] secretary of Homeland Security
[3:42:51] announced hemp very protected
[3:42:53] status designated for Haitians
[3:42:53] would be terminated as of
[3:42:58] SEPTEMBER seconds. On JUNE
[3:42:59] 30th, I sat in the Pointe
[3:43:00] Sienna office waiting for up
[3:43:03] to mess to arrive. The parent
[3:43:05] educator called both parents
[3:43:06] several times. The phones
[3:43:07] rang. Then calls were sent to
[3:43:11] voicemail. Optimist lives,
[3:43:12] walking distance from the
[3:43:15] school. I waited patiently but
[3:43:19] optimists never showed. Was it
[3:43:20] possible they were too scared
[3:43:23] to come to their own school?
[3:43:24] Could their parents have
[3:43:26] deemed it too unsafe to let up
[3:43:27] to Mets walk a few blocks from
[3:43:31] home. Do they feel that this
[3:43:32] community and the only
[3:43:33] elementary school this child
[3:43:35] has ever known are now a
[3:43:39] threat to their family. These
[3:43:39] questions raced through my
[3:43:40] mind, then gave way to the
[3:43:41] most frightening question of
[3:43:44] all. If they rescinded
[3:43:47] designation remains in effect,
[3:43:48] has optimists public school
[3:43:51] education ceased altogether.
[3:43:55] Is a 5th grade education. All
[3:43:58] this child so full of
[3:43:58] potential interest and empathy
[3:44:02] will receive from Key West.
[3:44:04] Commissioners. I encourage you
[3:44:05] to support Optum Este and the
[3:44:08] other 5,000 Haitian Members of
[3:44:08] our community by voting in
[3:44:12] support of this resolution to
[3:44:14] extend temporary protected
[3:44:16] status. Let's ensure safety,
[3:44:17] security and access to a
[3:44:18] public school education for
[3:44:25] all children in Key West. Want
[3:44:30] to go So I don't think other
[3:44:31] people are here to say is
[3:44:32] there anyone else that would
[3:44:33] like to speak on this item?
[3:44:46] Please come up. Thank you take
[3:44:48] the time again. I have some
[3:44:49] questions about this. A
[3:44:51] meeting last week. We talked
[3:44:51] about him.
[3:44:52] >> The number of members of
[3:44:55] our community who are Haitian.
[3:44:56] This is not just here in
[3:44:58] Monroe County are Qs a South,
[3:44:59] Florida. I mean, this is a lot
[3:45:02] of the state of Florida you
[3:45:02] know, we heard a lot of
[3:45:05] arguments about what we lose
[3:45:06] by not extending this. What do
[3:45:08] we lose by extending it? But
[3:45:10] what is the harm voting to
[3:45:13] extend this? Are we might
[3:45:14] aggravate some politicians. Is
[3:45:15] that the risk that we're on
[3:45:18] our we putting the city on the
[3:45:21] line by doing this? I
[3:45:21] struggling to understand where
[3:45:23] the hesitancy is here. I can
[3:45:28] tell you, you know. It's not
[3:45:31] just the things that we have
[3:45:32] here in the city that rely on
[3:45:35] these these folks, its county
[3:45:35] services, its regional
[3:45:38] services. I mean, go look at
[3:45:38] where recycling gaps and his
[3:45:42] process. It. A lot of the
[3:45:44] functions of the city either
[3:45:45] direct or indirect rely on on
[3:45:49] these folks. Hawaii, is this
[3:45:52] such a conundrum? And we've
[3:45:53] already talked about the moral
[3:45:54] stuff and everything else. And
[3:45:55] that's really important. But
[3:45:58] I'm not gonna late bloomer
[3:45:58] again. I just don't
[3:46:02] understand. What the risk is
[3:46:04] to extending I'd love some
[3:46:10] clarity on that. Thank you.
[3:46:15] Yes, go ahead.
[3:46:16] >> Jaime, again, Heather's
[3:46:17] look about there's 14, 17, 18
[3:46:21] street district, 4. I just
[3:46:22] want to say, I've got a couple
[3:46:26] phone calls this week from
[3:46:26] city employees.
[3:46:28] >> Who are the directors?
[3:46:31] >> Or at or
[3:46:34] >> directly in charge with
[3:46:34] various members of the Haitian
[3:46:38] community that fall under tps
[3:46:39] asking my organization that
[3:46:41] literally I created a month
[3:46:41] ago with several other people
[3:46:45] in this.
[3:46:48] >> Hall to actively try to
[3:46:49] help our immigrant community
[3:46:50] members. Literally. I've been
[3:46:52] doing this activism work.
[3:46:55] >> This round for one month.
[3:46:57] >> And your people are calling
[3:46:59] me and my people asking for
[3:47:02] help and guidance and asking
[3:47:03] them asking us for pro bono
[3:47:05] lawyers because they're about
[3:47:07] to lose no less than 8
[3:47:09] employees. Regardless of how
[3:47:10] you vote today, tps is ending.
[3:47:10] We're kicking all the Haitians
[3:47:11] out of the country. It's a big
[3:47:11] f#
[3:47:12] #
[3:47:12] #
[3:47:12] #
[3:47:12] #
[3:47:12] #
[3:47:12] mad.
[3:47:16] >> Excuse my language. Your
[3:47:17] people are calling my people
[3:47:18] asking for help because they
[3:47:19] don't know what to Clean your
[3:47:27] house.
[3:47:30] >> That's it. That's it. All
[3:47:32] right. Do we have a motion
[3:47:33] motion to approve motion to
[3:47:35] approve to have a second
[3:47:36] check. It. I have a second by
[3:47:39] Commissioner casino. Any
[3:47:41] discussion Commissioner Carey
[3:47:42] just for clarity. We don't
[3:47:44] have the authority.
[3:47:46] >> The city does not have the
[3:47:47] authority to extend this. But
[3:47:50] we are urging and asking for
[3:47:51] to think it's quite
[3:47:55] appropriate that we do so it
[3:47:56] is truly have a large Haitian
[3:48:00] community here and the thought
[3:48:01] original date was in FEBRUARY
[3:48:03] of 2026. And backing it up so
[3:48:07] quickly. Now to AUGUST 3rd
[3:48:07] with the termination date of
[3:48:11] SEPTEMBER second seems. Very,
[3:48:12] very quickly that these
[3:48:13] families would have to make
[3:48:17] arrangements. So it does seem
[3:48:18] quite appropriate that we that
[3:48:19] we just ask for this
[3:48:19] consideration that just for
[3:48:22] clarity one gentleman was
[3:48:24] asking the city has absolutely
[3:48:26] no authority to to make this
[3:48:27] decision only to urge the
[3:48:29] government to do The
[3:48:32] supporting Any other
[3:48:33] discussion. Commissioner Yeah,
[3:48:37] MADAM Mayor. Think some other
[3:48:40] language should be added to
[3:48:40] this here.
[3:48:41] >> Be in not only Haitians
[3:48:45] should extend till. The people
[3:48:49] that will be sent back and in
[3:48:53] the situation. I mean, it
[3:48:57] singles out just Haitian.
[3:48:58] >> I believe that's what it's
[3:48:59] reference to for the. But
[3:49:11] here's other. Hundreds is one.
[3:49:12] And don't get me wrong. I'm
[3:49:13] I'm I'm in full support of it.
[3:49:17] So. It's not like I'm I just
[3:49:19] don't want to leave anybody
[3:49:19] out that some of the same
[3:49:28] sanctions is. My fellow Okay.
[3:49:29] We don't know what they are,
[3:49:30] but we'll have to bring him
[3:49:34] back. Well, I guess the
[3:49:36] question this is specific
[3:49:37] program, temporary protected
[3:49:38] status under.
[3:49:39] >> The former administration.
[3:49:41] I don't know if are there
[3:49:42] other groups under their own I
[3:49:48] don't know. Commissioner has
[3:49:50] school.
[3:49:53] >> I believe this humanitarian
[3:49:56] parole program primarily
[3:49:57] effects nationals from 4
[3:50:00] countries like Commissioner
[3:50:01] Casteel said Cuba, Haiti,
[3:50:08] Nicaragua and Venezuela.
[3:50:09] Commissioner Lee.
[3:50:09] >> We're talking about tps
[3:50:10] with a parole program month.
[3:50:15] This is just temporary
[3:50:16] protection.
[3:50:19] >> Jennifer Haitian sea well
[3:50:20] could be.
[3:50:20] >> I don't know. We might want
[3:50:23] to postpone this Commissioner
[3:50:24] Kaufman be back and
[3:50:27] participate. We can bring him
[3:50:27] back.
[3:50:28] >> so we can go ahead and go
[3:50:29] with the resolution we have
[3:50:32] now, since we we got a
[3:50:34] commission are you sense of
[3:50:34] putting it on hold? You're
[3:50:35] making a motion for as is
[3:50:41] right Ok? Yeah, we have I
[3:50:42] second the motion. Oh, I'm
[3:50:42] sorry. We have make has
[3:50:45] discussions and it's not okay.
[3:50:46] Okay. So in speaking with our
[3:50:49] hr director today, we do have
[3:50:52] to follow the federal law. The
[3:50:55] city could be exposed to
[3:50:56] hundreds of thousands of
[3:50:57] dollars in civil fines per
[3:50:59] worker as well as criminal
[3:51:02] penalties, including fines and
[3:51:04] imprisonment. And then as your
[3:51:04] mayor, I cannot support
[3:51:09] putting City Hall and this
[3:51:09] position. So and we do have
[3:51:11] some employees that it could
[3:51:13] affect. But we have to follow
[3:51:17] the federal law. Not a mission
[3:51:18] or Kerry. Just for clarity.
[3:51:20] We're just urging the
[3:51:21] government right? It's just
[3:51:23] asking them to support.
[3:51:28] Changing the tea. Correct?
[3:51:29] It's ultimately I I don't want
[3:51:31] to speak for Commissioner
[3:51:31] Hough and but my impression of
[3:51:35] it is just expressing support
[3:51:37] that we earns right to
[3:51:38] continuing it as it's not that
[3:51:40] we're implementing anything
[3:51:40] that we support extension of
[3:51:42] that. Ok, thank you. All
[3:51:43] right. We have a motion is
[3:51:47] second, any other discussion?
[3:51:48] Can you call the Roll, Please?
[3:51:49] Commissioner Kerry
[3:51:51] commissioner Castillo. Yes,
[3:51:54] Commissioner Haskell. Yes.
[3:51:55] Commissioner Hoover. Yes.
[3:51:55] Commissioner Lee. Yes. Mayor
[3:52:00] Enrique Snow. Motion passes.
[3:52:00] Okay. Item number 4
[3:52:02] ordinances. First reading. An
[3:52:04] ordinance of the city of Key
[3:52:07] west of the city commission of
[3:52:07] Key West, Florida, pursuant to
[3:52:10] Section 8.0 1 of the Key West
[3:52:12] Charter and that Nick
[3:52:14] ordinance, number 25, Dash 11
[3:52:15] changing the election date for
[3:52:16] the proposed amendments to
[3:52:18] section 3.0 1, a.
[3:52:18] >> And b of the city charter
[3:52:21] to be placed up for referendum
[3:52:23] on the NOVEMBER. 3rd, 2026
[3:52:23] general election ballot
[3:52:25] clarifying the proposed
[3:52:28] amended amending language in
[3:52:30] Section 3.0 changing the term
[3:52:30] of future mayors from 2 years
[3:52:34] to 4 years clarifying the
[3:52:35] proposed amending language in
[3:52:37] Section 3.0 1 b changing the
[3:52:39] term limits for future mayors
[3:52:42] from 8 12 years providing for
[3:52:43] severability, providing for
[3:52:43] fielding consistent provisions
[3:52:45] providing for an effective
[3:52:46] date.
[3:52:46] >> And I do have Chris nasa
[3:52:54] Coats signed up. Hello, Mayor
[3:52:55] and commissioners Chris
[3:52:58] mascot, 16, 15 Laird Street. I
[3:52:59] had requested that election be
[3:53:04] postponed to save $72,000 in
[3:53:05] city funds. So I really
[3:53:05] appreciate you guys putting
[3:53:09] this on the ballot. I
[3:53:11] encourage you to put this on
[3:53:12] AUGUST election because that
[3:53:13] is when municipal elections
[3:53:16] here in Key West happen. And I
[3:53:18] think it's healthy for us to
[3:53:19] have that debate during the
[3:53:20] municipal elections. That will
[3:53:25] happen in AUGUST. But I do
[3:53:26] support this this movement to
[3:53:27] make so that we can save some
[3:53:28] money. But I do want to point
[3:53:33] out one more thing is that we
[3:53:34] redesigned City government.
[3:53:35] The idea for the mayor to only
[3:53:38] have 2 terms was so that every
[3:53:39] 2 years we could throw out the
[3:53:41] entire the majority of the
[3:53:42] commission, if the city, if
[3:53:46] the city voters wanted to. I
[3:53:47] think that a lot voters might
[3:53:53] want to do that. Thank you.
[3:53:55] >> Thank you. I did sponsor
[3:53:56] this ordinance and I
[3:53:57] previously requested that I
[3:53:58] would like to see the mayor's
[3:54:01] term change from 2 years to 4
[3:54:02] years. However, I have since
[3:54:03] asked that it be postponed
[3:54:08] until the 2026 election. This
[3:54:09] is the right and responsible
[3:54:11] thing to do. So I'm asking for
[3:54:13] the commission's support in
[3:54:14] moving this forward. Do I have
[3:54:16] a motion approve? Have a
[3:54:17] motion by Commissioner Lee a
[3:54:18] second by Commissioner Any
[3:54:20] other discussion. Commissioner
[3:54:25] Haskell.
[3:54:27] >> When a similar ordinance
[3:54:28] came before us earlier, that
[3:54:29] was putting the election date
[3:54:32] in 2025. For first reading and
[3:54:35] never came up for second
[3:54:36] reading. That also, I do
[3:54:39] remember did that also change
[3:54:40] the term limits for future
[3:54:42] mayors from 8 years to 12
[3:54:43] years or is that on this
[3:54:47] version?
[3:54:48] >> know that America MAY
[3:54:49] commissioner Haskell, that was
[3:54:50] a change that was already done
[3:54:52] and approved previously. So
[3:54:52] the only change that we're
[3:54:53] making to this one is
[3:54:57] specifically the election date
[3:54:59] changing from special election
[3:54:59] to the election and a general
[3:55:02] election in Thank you. Any
[3:55:05] other discussion. Can you call
[3:55:08] the roll? Please, commissioner
[3:55:09] Carey s commissioner Castillo.
[3:55:12] Yes, commissioner Haskell.
[3:55:13] Yes, commissioner Hoover. Yes.
[3:55:14] Commissioner Lee. Yes. Mayor
[3:55:18] Henry gets yes. Motion passes.
[3:55:18] >> And at this time our